7.15.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.15.2.1 Omitting the date when using \maketitle

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2760

I'm using the \author and \title commands to produce a title with \maketitle. I also know that there is a \date command to specify the date of my work. However, if I omit \date, \maketitle will ... 
[titles] [datetime]
 

asked by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 313 votes

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 294 votes

7.15.2.2 How to add a forced line break inside a table cell

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2441

I have some text in a table and I want to add a forced line break. I want to insert a forced line break without having to specify the column width, i.e. something like the following: 
\begin{tabular}{|... 
[tables] [line-breaking]
 

asked by Denilson SA~\[DownExclamation] Maia https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=375 724 votes

answered by Bernard https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38908 488 votes

7.15.2.3 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=192 244 votes

7.15.2.4 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=711 595 votes

answered by Martin H https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=632 329 votes

7.15.2.5 How can I manually install a package on MiKTeX (Windows)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2063

I'm new to LaTeX, investigating using it for some work projects.  I'm using MiKTeX on Windows.  My employer's locked-down network blocks the application's automatic installation function.  I can take ... 
[packages] [installing] [miktex] [windows]
 

asked by mbmcavoy https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=902 232 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 179 votes

7.15.2.6 What is the degree symbol?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=384873

In order to have the following output involving the degree symbol 
I can try 
\documentclass{report} 
\begin{document} 
The angle is 30$^\circ$. 
\end{document} 
However, this is an awkward manner to ... 
[typography] [degrees]
 

asked by Viesturs https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=114719 83 votes

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 75 votes

7.15.2.7 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10863

I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example. 
... 
[tables] [scaling]
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3504 148 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 221 votes