5.31.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

5.31.2.1 How to add an extra level of sections with headings below \subsubsection

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=60209

I have a document which requires many levels of sectioning. I have sections, subsections and subsubsections, but require one more level below that. I can't change the sections to be parts and move  ... 
[sectioning] [sections-paragraphs]
 

asked by robintw https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=495 239 votes

answered by Gonzalo Medina https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3954 204 votes

5.31.2.2 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 70 votes

answered by Benjamin McKay https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19327 5 votes

5.31.2.3 Force figure placement in text

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I have a problem when a lot of figures are in question. Some figures tend to "fly around", that is, be a paragraph below, although I placed them before that paragraph. I use code: 
\begin{figure}[ht] 
... 
[floats] [positioning] [captions]
 

asked by Marin https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2755 442 votes

answered by Juan A. Navarro https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=169 538 votes

5.31.2.4 Multi-line (block) comments in LaTeX

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In LaTeX, % can be used for single-line comments. For multi-line comments, the following command is available in the verbatim package. 
\begin{comment} 
Commented code 
\end{comment} 
But is there a  ... 
[comments]
 

asked by Arindam Pal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=17379 195 votes

answered by guillem https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3941 151 votes

5.31.2.5 Why do the less than symbol (<) and the greater than symbol (>) appear wrong as upside down exclamation (A^\[DownExclamation]) or question mark (A^\[DownQuestion])?

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When typing < or > in LaTeX and compiling with pdflatex, the less than and greater than symbols appear at upside down exclamation points. I'm not in math mode. 
[symbols] [punctuation] [font-encodings]
 

asked by biased_estimator https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=996 245 votes

answered by Stefan Kottwitz https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213 211 votes

5.31.2.6 Table with multiple lines in some cells

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What is the easiest way to have 2 lines in some of the cells in a table? 
The only way I can think right now is to actually have 2 separate rows (without the line in the middle) and use \multirow on  ... 
[tables]
 

asked by Grzenio https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3329 108 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5764 99 votes

5.31.2.7 Why \\ does not go to new line in equation?

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\begin{equation*}\label{eq:pareto mle2} 
A_0 = \frac{1}{(\alpha+t_x)^{r+s+x}}{}_2F_1\left(r+s+x,x+1;r+s+x+1;\frac{\alpha-\beta}{\alpha + t_x} \right ) "\\\" <br> 
-  ... 
[equations] [line-breaking]
 

asked by user3714137 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=60029 60 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 27 votes