6.20.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

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

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?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/digest?cta=user&id=14 358 votes

answered by ShreevatsaR https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=48 193 votes

6.20.2.2 Crop an inserted image?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=57418

I'm inserting an image with a simple: 
\includegraphics[height=5cm]{filename.png} 
This results in an image that maintains the aspect ratio, and so gives me something like 6cm width. I only really  ... 
[graphics] [crop]
 

asked by naught101 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13192 208 votes

answered by Tobi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4918 299 votes

6.20.2.3 Syntax similar to \centering for right and left?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?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/digest?cta=user&id=24343 124 votes

6.20.2.4 How can I have two tables side by side?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2832

Suppose I have two tables that don't have many columns (3, for example). How can I position them side by side? 
[tables] [positioning]
 

asked by bada https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=572 161 votes

answered by TH. https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=647 158 votes

6.20.2.5 Superscript outside math mode

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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 403 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 591 votes

6.20.2.6 Multi-line (block) comments in LaTeX

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In LaTeX, % can be used for single-line comments. For multi-line comments, the following command is available in the verbatim package. 
\begin{comment} 
Commented code 
\end{comment} 
But is there a  ... 
[comments]
 

asked by Arindam Pal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17379 217 votes

answered by guillem https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3941 167 votes

6.20.2.7 Not equal sign (a^\211 ) with a vertical bar

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=108193

Is it possible to get a \neq but with a vertical bar instead of a slanted one? There are inequality operators like AMS's \gvertneqq that feature this kind of "not equal" but not without mixing it with  ... 
[math-mode] [symbols] [relation-symbols]
 

asked by Christian https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13450 38 votes

answered by Heiko Oberdiek https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16967 32 votes