7.4.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.4.2.1 Dictionary for TeXstudio: 'No dictionary Available'

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=87650

I have trouble spell checking my document in TeXstudio. When I press spellcheck, I get the error No dictionary Available. Am I supposed to install a dictionary separately? How? Any suggestion? 
[texstudio] [spelling] [dictionaries]
 

asked by N Nik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=21429 92 votes

answered by Peter Jansson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19384 129 votes

7.4.2.2 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 242 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 202 votes

7.4.2.3 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 163 votes

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 21 votes

7.4.2.4 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} 
\begin{... 
[tables] [horizontal-alignment] [width]
 

asked by Covi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3970 269 votes

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 422 votes

7.4.2.5 How to typeset the symbol '^' (caret/circumflex/hat)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=77646

I need to display the symbol '^' 
d <- dist(fascores, method = "euclidean")^2 
How do I do that? 
[symbols]
 

asked by Cost https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17205 249 votes

answered by Qrrbrbirlbel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16595 337 votes

7.4.2.6 How to write 'A~\[Currency]' and other umlauts and accented letters in bibliography?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=57743

How to write in bibliography (package natbib) letter "a" with two dots above? Specially, I mean the word BirkhA~\[Currency]user. 
Is there a general rule or way how to write such umlauts or other accented letters ... 
[bibtex] [accents] [characters]
 

asked by Laura https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14475 375 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 496 votes

7.4.2.7 Absolute Value Symbols

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=43008

What is the "best LaTeX practices" for writing absolute value symbols?  Are there any packages which provide good methods? 
Some options include|x| and \mid x \mid, but I'm not sure which is best... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 271 votes

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 206 votes