7.8.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.8.2.1 How to change certain pages into landscape/portrait mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=337

How can I change some pages into document into landscape mode, while leaving the others in portrait mode (or vice versa)? 
[landscape]
 

asked by hayalci https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=183 349 votes

answered by rcs https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=118 366 votes

7.8.2.2 What is the "correct" way of embedding text into math mode?

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Lets say I have something like: 
\[ Let x = number of cats \] 
(This is a contrived example, but pretend we are actually inside a long align environment block...) "Let" and "number of cats" need to ... 
[math-mode]
 

asked by Billy ONeal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192 241 votes

7.8.2.3 Force figure placement in text

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I have a problem when a lot of figures are in question. Some figures tend to "fly around", that is, be a paragraph below, although I placed them before that paragraph. I use code: 
\begin{figure}[ht] 
\... 
[floats] [positioning] [captions]
 

asked by Marin https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2755 534 votes

answered by Juan A. Navarro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=169 651 votes

7.8.2.4 How to include SVG diagrams in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2099

I'm making all my diagrams in SVG format using Inkscape and then I export them to some other format (e.g. PDF, EPS or PNG). I wrote a short script that does this for me automatically, but I'd like to ... 
[graphics] [svg]
 

asked by Martin Tapankov https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=711 589 votes

answered by Martin H https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=632 325 votes

7.8.2.5 Change line spacing inside the document

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This is my code 
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{book} 
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5} 
\begin{document} 
\include{Chapter1} 
\end{document} 
I have please a question: 
I would change the line ... 
[line-spacing]
 

asked by researcher https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16097 128 votes

7.8.2.6 Displaying the binomial coefficient symbol in math mode

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The problem is caused by the symbol of binomial coefficient (symbol of Newton), often used in math: 
{N}\choose{k} 
In my document I have formula: 
$$ P(A) = \sum P(\{ (e_1,...,e_N) \})  =  {N}\choose{... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

asked by MC2DX https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=21025 128 votes

7.8.2.7 How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=39017

How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? 
This is a general question and should collect useful answers for all users. I hope we can use this as a reference 
[floats] [positioning]
 

asked by Marco Daniel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5239 653 votes

answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10109 939 votes