4.37.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.37.2.1 How can I have two tables side by side?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2832

Suppose I have two tables that don't have many columns (3, for example). How can I position them side by side? 
[tables] [positioning]
 

asked by bada https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=572 122 votes

answered by TH. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=647 126 votes

4.37.2.2 Adding more than one author with different affiliation

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=9594

My goal is adding more than one author with different affiliations, it will look like something: 
Author A, Author B, Author C, Author D and Author E 
A,B,C Department of Computer Science 
... 
[titles] [authblk]
 

asked by berkay https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3115 98 votes

answered by Thorsten Donig https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1063 114 votes

4.37.2.3 Showcase of beautiful typography done in TeX & friends

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=1319

If you were asked to show examples of beautifully typeset documents in TeX & friends, what would you suggest? Preferably documents available online (I'm aware I could go to a bookstore and find  ... 
[typography] [big-list] [examples]
 

asked by wishihadabettername https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=564 756 votes

answered by a^\204\235aphink https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=951 506 votes

4.37.2.4 Make MS Word document look like it has been typeset in LaTeX

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=8308

A few years back, I used to use LaTeX for writing reports and such, and I really liked the look of them. 
However, nowadays I am forced to use MS Word to write my reports, but that does not hinder me  ... 
[formatting] [typography] [msword] [word-to-latex]
 

asked by Theodor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2788 97 votes

answered by Caramdir https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=83 56 votes

4.37.2.5 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=996 217 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 189 votes

4.37.2.6 How do I use a particular font for a small section of text in my document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=25249

The standard font packages make global changes to the fonts in my document. What if I want to use a particular font for just a portion of my text? 
How do I find the right name of the font? 
How do I  ... 
[fonts]
 

asked by Alan Munn https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2693 416 votes

4.37.2.7 How can I split an equation over two (or more) lines

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=3782

I am having the following equation: 
\begin{equation} 
Q(\lambda,\hat{\lambda}) = -\frac{1}{2} P(O \mid \lambda ) \sum_s \sum_m \sum_t \gamma_m^{(s)} (t) \left( n \log(2 \pi ) + \log \left| C_m^{(s)}  ... 
[math-mode] [equations] [line-breaking] [breqn]
 

asked by Peter Smit https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=459 201 votes

answered by Will Robertson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=179 143 votes