5.29.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

5.29.2.1 How to add indentation

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=45501

I am writing a thesis report using LaTeX and I need to add indentations because every new paragraph starts from the initial position on the left. 
How do I add indentations? 
[spacing] [indentation]
 

asked by pavani https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=9327 78 votes

answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10109 57 votes

5.29.2.2 TeXnicCenter & Adobe Reader DC

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=250472

How to configure TeXnicCenter to work with Adobe Reader DC? When I building and view current file .tex the following error "Can not execute the command" shows up and the PDF is not generated. 
If  ... 
[pdf] [texniccenter] [adobe]
 

asked by Walter Silva https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=80192 54 votes

answered by JiAo\231A~\[DiscretionaryHyphen] ChmelA~\[DiscretionaryHyphen]k https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=82051 74 votes

5.29.2.3 How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=39017

How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? 
This is a general question and should collect useful answers for all users. I hope we can use this as a reference 
[floats] [positioning]
 

asked by Marco Daniel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5239 598 votes

answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10109 868 votes

5.29.2.4 Align equation left

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Here is my split equation: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{equation} 
\begin{split} 
a_{ijk} =& \frac {Pr(M_{I} =2  \&  M_J=1 \& M_K =1 | I=i , J=j ,  ... 
[equations] [align]
 

asked by user35571 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=35571 52 votes

answered by Ludovic C. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=31058 56 votes

5.29.2.5 Why \\ does not go to new line in equation?

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\begin{equation*}\label{eq:pareto mle2} 
A_0 = \frac{1}{(\alpha+t_x)^{r+s+x}}{}_2F_1\left(r+s+x,x+1;r+s+x+1;\frac{\alpha-\beta}{\alpha + t_x} \right ) "\\\" <br> 
-  ... 
[equations] [line-breaking]
 

asked by user3714137 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=60029 59 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5001 27 votes

5.29.2.6 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 84 votes

answered by latex user https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=25372 114 votes

5.29.2.7 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 307 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2975 236 votes