7.41.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.41.2.1 Change line spacing inside the document

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=83855

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 141 votes

7.41.2.2 What are the available "documentclass" types and their uses?

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Some of the available classes of documents in LaTeX are well known and widely used, such as the article and beamer classes, while others are not so well known, such as the standalone class. 
I found ... 
[document-classes] [big-list]
 

asked by Vivi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14 437 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 154 votes

7.41.2.3 Omitting the date when using \maketitle

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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=510 322 votes

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 309 votes

7.41.2.4 Absolute Value Symbols

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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 288 votes

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 213 votes

7.41.2.5 Putting two images beside each other

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If I want to put two images beside each other, what should I do? I have inserted a figure. But, rather than having the next figure on a new line, I want it to be beside the already inserted figure. ... 
[graphics] [floats] [positioning]
 

asked by Simplicity https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=28871 67 votes

answered by Masroor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14103 159 votes

7.41.2.6 making appendix for thesis

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I need some help with creating an appendix for my thesis. I have about 10 figures which need to be in the appendix. I have a good appendix with the following code: 
\appendix 
\addcontentsline{toc}{... 
[appendices] [thesis]
 

asked by user13017 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13017 210 votes

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 224 votes

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

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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=375 751 votes

answered by Bernard https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38908 524 votes