11.24.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

11.24.2.1 Matrix in Latex
11.24.2.2 How to change color for a block of texts?
11.24.2.3 Error in TeX Live a^\200\223 Font ... not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found
11.24.2.4 How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?
11.24.2.5 Underscores in words (text)
11.24.2.6 Change image size
11.24.2.7 How to write partial differential equation (Ex. dQ/dt=ds/dt) with real partial derivative signs?
11.24.2.1 Matrix in Latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=204621

I am new to Latex, and I have been trying to get the matrix of following form 
[x11 x12 x13 . . . . x1n 
x21 x22 x23 . . . . x2n 
. 
. 
. 
. 
xd1 xd2 xd3 . . . . xdn] 
Where ... 
[matrices]
 
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answered by skpblack https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=42912 Score of 223
11.24.2.2 How to change color for a block of texts?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=17104

I am editing a LaTeX paper with Emacs. Sometimes I want to make a block of texts less obvious (or less important to see). Instead of totally hiding them, they should still be there. Is there an easy ... 
[color]
 
asked by SoftTimur https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5110 Score of 370
answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 Score of 450
11.24.2.3 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 Score of 158
11.24.2.4 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 Score of 736
answered by Frank Mittelbach https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10109 Score of 1055
11.24.2.5 Underscores in words (text)

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=48632

How can I produce the text Word_one_two in LaTeX? 
I tried: 
Samp\_Dist\_Corr 
But, it doesn't quite look right. Also, I want it in the typewriter font, so actually, I'm doing: 
\texttt{Samp\_Dist\... 
[characters] [typewriter]
 
asked by Flux Capacitor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=11728 Score of 257
answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 215
11.24.2.6 Change image size

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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 Score of 127
answered by DJJerome https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2863 Score of 120
11.24.2.7 How to write partial differential equation (Ex. dQ/dt=ds/dt) with real partial derivative signs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=225523

I would like to make a partial differential equation by using the following notation: 
dQ/dt 
(without / but with a real numerator and denomenator). Earlier today I got help from this page on how to ... 
[equations]
 
asked by David https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=71265 Score of 146
answered by Sebastiano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=117876 Score of 22