6.75.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

6.75.2.1 How to force a table into page width?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10535

I have the following table: 
\begin{table}[htb] 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\node (table) [inner sep=0pt] { 
\begin{tabular}{ l | l } 
{\bf Symptom} & {\bf Metric} \\ 
\hline 
Class that has many accessor ... 
[tables] [margins]
 

asked by RoflcoptrException https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3316 239 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 201 votes

6.75.2.2 Using \footnote in a figure's \caption

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10181

Maybe this is an easy one, but I struggled with this now too long :) 
I want to have a footnote in a caption of a figure, see the example. 
\begin{figure}[!ht] 
\caption{a figure caption\footnote{... 
[floats] [footnotes] [captions]
 

asked by Matten https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1125 257 votes

answered by Dee https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16059 187 votes

6.75.2.3 Changing the font size in a table

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=27097

What's the recommend way of changing the font size in a particular table? Is there a better way than enclosing all values with, for example, the \tiny function. 
[tables] [floats] [fontsize]
 

asked by csgillespie https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=224 201 votes

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 132 votes

6.75.2.4 How to write two dot above a letter?

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the two dots above a letter represents two derivative of varible t. 
My method: 
\documentclass[UTF8]{ctexart} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage{epstopdf} 
\... 
[math-mode] [accents]
 

asked by mma https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=43727 105 votes

6.75.2.5 Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible with author-year citations

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I have a basic tex file and a bibliography which is exported from Mendeley 
However, when I want to cite in the author-year style, I get the error: 
Package natbib Error: Bibliography not compatible ... 
[bibtex] [errors] [natbib]
 

asked by grrrbytes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13217 226 votes

answered by Josh Porter https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=15128 124 votes

6.75.2.6 How to prevent LaTeX from hyphenating the entire document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=5036

I can't find where I can remove any kind of hyphenation and just have LaTeX just do a line break. 
edit: 
Honestly speaking I just don't like to read hyphenation anywhere and that's the only reason why ... 
[hyphenation]
 

asked by Splashy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1713 202 votes

6.75.2.7 How to type special/accented letters in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8857

How to type these special letters from European languages in latex? 
A~\[Currency], A~(c), and L'? 
[symbols] [languages] [characters] [accents]
 

asked by user2918 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2918 199 votes

answered by Kit https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=791 166 votes