11.63.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

11.63.2.1 How do I align an image to center?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=53862

How do I align an image to center? 
In a beamer presentation I have a 2-3 items on a slide followed by an image. 
The image is not wide enough to cover whole slide, so it leaves around 30% space from ... 
[beamer] [horizontal-alignment]
 

asked by epsilon8 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12860 Score of 84

answered by gcedo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13680 Score of 91

11.63.2.2 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 Score of 195

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 Score of 176

11.63.2.3 Reduce space between enumerated items

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=6081

Background 
All book figures are set to "here definitely" (as they must come after the text that introduces them). 
Problem 
The list types (enumerated and bullet) have too much space between them. ... 
[spacing] [floats] [lists] [vertical-alignment] [positioning]
 

asked by Dave Jarvis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2148 Score of 232

answered by lockstep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=510 Score of 30

11.63.2.4 Is there any way to do a correct word count of a LaTeX document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=534

Often assignments (or even papers) have a word count limit. That is not a big deal when using Word, but I don't know how to do that using LaTeX. My solution has been so far to compile the document and ... 
[packages] [compiling] [word-count] [scripts]
 

asked by Vivi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14 Score of 436

answered by ShreevatsaR https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=48 Score of 243

11.63.2.5 How can I write cases with grouping braces on both left and right side, and split the condition into two lines in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=240868

The code I used to write 
is this one 
$$ 
X(m,n)= 
\begin{cases} 
x(n),\\ 
x(n-1)\\ 
x(n-1) 
\end{cases} 
$$ 
But I don't know how to write this one 
Also, what if I want to write this 
[math-mode] [cases]
 

asked by MaryA~ https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=65856 Score of 208

answered by Ignasi https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1952 Score of 149

11.63.2.6 Absolute Value Symbols

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=43008

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 Score of 347

answered by Peter Grill https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4301 Score of 258

11.63.2.7 How do I change the `enumerate` list format to use letters instead of the default Arabic numerals?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=2291

I've seen documentation whereby an \alph command is put around the \begin{enumerate} somewhere, but I'm not entirely sure how that operates... 
[numbering] [lists] [enumerate]
 

asked by Billy ONeal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192 Score of 454

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 Score of 399