5.32.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

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

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?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. 
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[tables] [scaling]
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3504 119 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 172 votes

5.32.2.2 "inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8" error while trying to write a degree symbol (invisible character)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=4268

No matter how I try to do it I always get the following error : 
! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen] not set up for use with LaTeX. 
I have tried using A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]A^\[DiscretionaryHyphen]$^{\circ}$, \deg, \textdegree,  ... 
[symbols] [unicode]
 

asked by levesque https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10 91 votes

answered by Antal Spector-Zabusky https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1425 86 votes

5.32.2.3 Where do I place my own .sty or .cls files, to make them available to all my .tex files?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=1137

I know how to define a package or a class, but how do I make it available (to myself) at all times? 
Say I have the package file commonstuff.sty (or myprettyclass.cls), that I want to be able to  ... 
[packages] [installing] [document-classes] [texmf]
 

asked by Tomas Aschan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=223 506 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 326 votes

5.32.2.4 'Floor' and 'ceiling' functions

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=42271

Is there a convenient way to typeset the floor or ceiling of a number, without needing to separately code the left and right parts?  For example, is there some way to do $\ceil{x}$ instead of $\lceil  ... 
[symbols]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 151 votes

5.32.2.5 What can I use to typeset MATLAB code in my document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=75116

This question led to a new package: 
matlab-prettifier 
Does anybody have a quick and easy way to typeset some relatively long MATLAB code in the appendix? I looked up a few methods, and the  ... 
[listings] [highlighting] [matlab]
 

asked by suzu https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19279 96 votes

5.32.2.6 How to use \graphicspath?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=139401

I am using MikTex 2.9 and TeXstudio for my TeX preparation. I would like to set the path to my figures folder, which contains all the figures, plots etc. required for my work. 
I used \graphicspath  ... 
[graphics] [miktex] [texlive]
 

asked by Litun John https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=41546 153 votes

5.32.2.7 How to create fixed width table columns with text raggedright/centered/raggedleft?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=12703

I would like to create a table with some columns' width specified, while the text in those columns should be centered both horizontally and vertically. I found out that 
\usepackage{array} 
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[tables] [horizontal-alignment] [width]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Covi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3970 240 votes

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 365 votes