5.6.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

5.6.2.1 How to add an empty line between paragraphs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=135134

I have two sections which I'd like to separate by an empty line. Every time I press Enter, LyX removes that empty line between paragraphs. How do I prevent this? 
[spacing] [lyx]
 

asked by goldisfine https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=37301 76 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5764 94 votes

5.6.2.2 How to typeset subscript in usual text mode?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=1013

It's easy to make subscripts in math mode: $a_i$. 
How do I make a subscript outside math environment, likethis? 
[subscripts]
 

asked by P Shved https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=280 196 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=213 127 votes

5.6.2.3 Syntax similar to \centering for right and left?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=91566

For images we can use \centering is there anything to position the image to right side or left side of the page. 
[graphics] [horizontal-alignment]
 

asked by sachin irukula https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=24343 97 votes

5.6.2.4 How to install "vanilla" TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=1092

Debian and Ubuntu have very good texlive packaging. But I'd like to use tlmgr to have a more fine-grained control about upgrades and which packages I want to be installed. 
So how do I install  ... 
[packages] [texlive] [installing] [linux] [tlmgr]
 

asked by Dima https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=137 257 votes

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=411 75 votes

5.6.2.5 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=14 326 votes

answered by ShreevatsaR https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=48 176 votes

5.6.2.6 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=10863

I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example. 
... 
[tables] [scaling]
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3504 110 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2975 156 votes

5.6.2.7 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 75 votes

answered by latex user https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=25372 95 votes