7.75.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

7.75.2.1 Using \footnote in a figure's \caption

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=10181

Maybe this is an easy one, but I struggled with this now too long :) 
I want to have a footnote in a caption of a figure, see the example. 
\begin{figure}[!ht] 
\caption{a figure caption\footnote{... 
[floats] [footnotes] [captions]
 

asked by Matten https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1125 285 votes

answered by Dee https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16059 206 votes

7.75.2.2 making appendix for thesis

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=49643

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 220 votes

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 232 votes

7.75.2.3 Change image size

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=64836

I'm trying to change the image size (make it look smaller than the original). 
I tried with the next code but the image still shows at its original size. 
\begin{figure}[h!] 
\centering 
\... 
[graphics]
 

asked by Enrique https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16973 100 votes

answered by DJJerome https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2863 97 votes

7.75.2.4 Displaying the binomial coefficient symbol in math mode

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=127707

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 143 votes

7.75.2.5 Error in TeX Live a^\200\223 Font ... not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=75166

I freshly installed 'basic' version of TeX Live 2012 (not full, only basic version). 
I have following line in my code: 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
I get following error: 
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-... 
[fonts] [errors] [packages] [texlive] [font-encodings]
 

asked by abhinavkulkarni https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12992 137 votes

answered by mpg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1239 102 votes

7.75.2.6 How to change certain pages into landscape/portrait mode

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

How can I change the orientation of some pages of my 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=183 374 votes

answered by rcs https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=118 396 votes

7.75.2.7 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 103 votes

answered by Peter Jansson https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19384 141 votes