7.9.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.9.2.1 Where do I place my own .sty or .cls files, to make them available to all my .tex files?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=1137

I know how to define a package or a class, but how do I make it available (to myself) at all times? 
Say I have the package file commonstuff.sty (or myprettyclass.cls), that I want to be able to ... 
[packages] [installing] [document-classes] [texmf]
 

asked by Tomas Aschan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=223 563 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 361 votes

7.9.2.2 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 202 votes

answered by Kit https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=791 169 votes

7.9.2.3 Making the bibliography appear in the table of contents

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=8458

I need to make my (BibTeX) references section appear in the table of contents of my LaTeX document (documentclass: article), with section numbering too. 
My approach until now has been making a new ... 
[sectioning] [table-of-contents] [bibliographies]
 

asked by Genba https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2311 195 votes

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 148 votes

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

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3415

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=192 242 votes

7.9.2.5 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 243 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 203 votes

7.9.2.6 Column and row padding in tables

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=31672

How do you guys go about controlling column padding in tables? 
Update 
To clarify, I'm looking for a way to control both vertical and horizontal padding. So, if I had a simple table like in the ... 
[tables] [spacing] [columns]
 

asked by JustDanyul https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8615 369 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 314 votes

7.9.2.7 LaTeX template for resume/curriculum vitae

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=80

If you have a TeX'ed resume, did you use a template or make your own? Are there any useful packages? What looks the most professional? How about special considerations for different areas of work (e.g.... 
[packages] [templates] [cv]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Otis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=8 533 votes

answered by Konrad Rudolph https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=42 216 votes