4.17.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.17.2.1 Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=54480

I have a basic tex file and a bibliography which is exported from Mendeley 
However, when I want to cite in the author-year style, I get the error: 
Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible  ... 
[bibtex] [errors] [natbib]
 

asked by grrrbytes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=13217 162 votes

answered by Josh Porter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=15128 93 votes

4.17.2.2 How to add todo notes?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=9796

Is there a simple way to add todo notes to LaTeX documents ? 
I would like to have these notes in red in the generated pdf and a simple syntax to write them. 
[todonotes]
 

asked by aneuryzm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3182 191 votes

answered by Seamus https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=215 146 votes

4.17.2.3 Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2275

Is there any package or a method to force LaTeX to keep floating environments like table and figure closer to where they are declared? 
[floats] [positioning]
 

asked by artimess https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=833 274 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 292 votes

4.17.2.4 Nice scientific pictures show off

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=158668

Task 
Show off your best scientific illustration ! 
The main purpose of this question is to share beautiful scientific pictures, preferably with an educational aspect. 
Content 
Your post must  ... 
[diagrams] [3d] [technical-drawing] [fun] [big-list]
 

asked by Thomas https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=42660 447 votes

answered by Charles Staats https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=484 279 votes

4.17.2.5 How to add a forced line break inside a table cell

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2441

I have some text in a table and I want to add a forced line break. I want to insert a forced line break without having to specify the column width, i.e. something like the following: 
... 
[tables] [line-breaking]
 

asked by Denilson SA~\[DownExclamation] Maiahttps://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=375 503 votes

answered by Bernard https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=38908 212 votes

4.17.2.6 Subfigures side by side with captions

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=119984

I am using the following code to put my two figures side by side with different captions, 
\begin{figure*}[t!] 
\centering 
\begin{subfigure}[b]{0.5\textwidth} 
\centering 
... 
[captions] [subfloats]
 

asked by Sait https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=14611 59 votes

answered by Luan Resende https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=25372 78 votes

4.17.2.7 What point (pt) font size are \Large etc.?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=24599

In the preamble I have: 
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} 
\usepackage{fontspec} 
\setmainfont{Arial} 
What can be inferred about the real font pt size for the following? 
\tiny, \scriptsize,  ... 
[fontsize] [class-options]
 

asked by Level1Coder https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=6825 207 votes

answered by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2693 336 votes