6.3.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

6.3.2.1 Superscript outside math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?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/digest?cta=user&id=9757 392 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 573 votes

6.3.2.2 Reduce space between enumerated items

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=6081

Background 
All book figures are set to "here definitely" (as they must come after the text that introduces them). 
Problem 
The list types (enumerated and bullet) have too much space between them.  ... 
[spacing] [floats] [lists] [vertical-alignment] [positioning]
 

asked by Dave Jarvis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2148 126 votes

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 18 votes

6.3.2.3 The \bar and \overline commands

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=22100

I want to represent, say, the closure of a set or the extended reals, e.g., $\bar{\mathbb{R}}$ but unfortunately this creates a bar that is much too small (horizontally) and can barely be seen. On the  ... 
[stacking-symbols]
 

asked by 3Sphere https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6487 135 votes

answered by Danie Els https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1683 77 votes

6.3.2.4 TeXnicCenter & Adobe Reader DC

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?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/digest?cta=user&id=80192 55 votes

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

6.3.2.5 Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2958

I have the following towards the end of an article. The bibliography is short (4 entries). 
What's happening is that on the very last page of document I get the chart and immediately afterwards the  ... 
[floats] [page-breaking]
 

asked by wishihadabettername https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=564 130 votes

answered by Will Robertson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=179 181 votes

6.3.2.6 "Correct" way to bold/italicize text?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=41681

Is either of these considered better/more readable/more "proper"/more conventional than the other for making text bold? If so, what is the reason? 
I like my text \textbf{bold} 
versus: 
I like my  ... 
[best-practices] [bold] [italic]
 

asked by user541686 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2694 369 votes

answered by Todd Lehman https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8499 358 votes

6.3.2.7 Write pseudo code in latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=163768

I am trying to write pseudo code in my paper. Here is the snippet and image like what I want.  Can some one please help me to format it. 
\begin{algorithm} 
\caption{Euclida^\200\231s algorithm}\label{euclid} 
... 
[algorithms]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by cyclic https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47334 108 votes

answered by karlkoeller https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=27635 152 votes