4.29.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.29.2.1 How can I make an enumerate list start at something other than 1?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=142

Sometimes, I want to have enumerate lists in LaTeX start at other than the first value (1, a, i, etc.) How can I make an enumerate list start at an arbitrary value? 
[lists] [numbering] [enumerate]
 

asked by vanden https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=93 310 votes

answered by ShreevatsaR https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=48 367 votes

4.29.2.2 How to write partial differential equation (Ex. dQ/dt=ds/dt) with real partial derivative signs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=225523

I would like to make a partial differential equation by using the following notation: 
dQ/dt 
(without / but with a real numerator and denomenator). Earlier today I got help from this page on how to  ... 
[equations]
 

asked by David https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=71265 49 votes

answered by Benjamin McKay https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=19327 4 votes

4.29.2.3 making appendix for thesis

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=49643

I need some help with creating an appendix for my thesis. I have about 10 figures which need to be in the appendix. I have a good appendix with the following code: 
\appendix 
... 
[appendices] [thesis]
 

asked by user13017 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=13017 139 votes

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3954 166 votes

4.29.2.4 Double line spacing

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=819

I would like to typeset a draft of my document with double linespacing so that my collaborators have space to write in their edits (with a pen).  How do I do it? 
[line-spacing] [setspace]
 

asked by Vebjorn Ljosa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=35 161 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 116 votes

4.29.2.5 Why do the less than symbol (<) and the greater than symbol (>) appear wrong as upside down exclamation (A^\[DownExclamation]) or question mark (A^\[DownQuestion])?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2369

When typing < or > in LaTeX and compiling with pdflatex, the less than and greater than symbols appear at upside down exclamation points. I'm not in math mode. 
[symbols] [punctuation] [font-encodings]
 

asked by biased_estimator https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=996 213 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 184 votes

4.29.2.6 Change image size

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=64836

I'm trying to change the image size (make it look smaller than the original). 
I tried with the next code but the image still shows at its original size. 
\begin{figure}[h!] 
\centering 
... 
[graphics]
 

asked by Enrique https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=16973 39 votes

answered by DJJerome https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2863 45 votes

4.29.2.7 What is the LaTeX command for "em dash" (a^\200\224)?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=53413

I am trying to insert the symbol in the title of the question, which I copied from a PDF article, but it appears as space in the output file. What is the corresponding LaTeX command? 
[symbols] [punctuation]
 

asked by Tarek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=13964 185 votes

answered by Keks Dose https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4736 193 votes