4.44.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.44.2.1 Superscript outside math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=47324

What is the easiest way to superscript text outside of math mode? 
For example, let's say I want to write the $n^{th}$ element, but without the math mode's automatic italicization of the th.  And what  ... 
[superscripts]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=9757 326 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5764 473 votes

4.44.2.2 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 147 votes

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3954 177 votes

4.44.2.3 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 199 votes

answered by Keks Dose https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=4736 212 votes

4.44.2.4 How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2063

I'm new to LaTeX, investigating using it for some work projects.  I'm using MiKTeX on Windows.  My employer's locked-down network blocks the application's automatic installation function.  I can take  ... 
[packages] [installing] [miktex] [windows]
 

asked by mbmcavoy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=902 203 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 160 votes

4.44.2.5 Is there any way to do a correct word count of a LaTeX document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=534

Often assignments (or even papers) have a word count limit. That is not a big deal when using Word, but I don't know how to do that using LaTeX. My solution has been so far to compile the document and  ... 
[packages] [compiling] [word-count] [scripts]
 

asked by Vivi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=14 322 votes

answered by ShreevatsaR https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=48 173 votes

4.44.2.6 Commenting out large sections

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=17816

So to "comment out" a line, I need to insert a % at the beginning of the line (so that line will not be compiled). 
Is there way to comment out a large section without having to manually putting a %  ... 
[comments]
 

asked by user5419 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5419 279 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2975 213 votes

4.44.2.7 How can I use BibTeX to cite a web page?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=3587

I'm looking to cite a number of web pages using bibtex and I was wondering if there was a specific template of the form @<template name here> for doing that. If you could use the following  ... 
[bibtex]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Chris Wilson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1332 375 votes

answered by Juan A. Navarro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=169 428 votes