5.7.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

5.7.2.1 Remove ugly borders around clickable cross-references and hyperlinks

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=823

I know that I can use hyperref to make cross-references and hyperlinks clickable.  That makes the clickable areas outlined in fluorescent green, however.  How can I make the green boxes go away? 
[hyperref] [color] [boxes] [links]
 

asked by Vebjorn Ljosa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=35 678 votes

answered by meep.meep https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=3735 667 votes

5.7.2.2 Column and row padding in tables

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=31672

How do you guys go about controlling column padding in tables? 
Update 
To clarify, I'm looking for a way to control both vertical and horizontal padding. So, if I had a simple table like in the  ... 
[tables] [spacing] [columns]
 

asked by JustDanyul https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=8615 282 votes

answered by Herbert https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=2478 214 votes

5.7.2.3 How to add an empty line between paragraphs?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=135134

I have two sections which I'd like to separate by an empty line. Every time I press Enter, LyX removes that empty line between paragraphs. How do I prevent this? 
[spacing] [lyx]
 

asked by goldisfine https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=37301 77 votes

answered by Werner https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5764 95 votes

5.7.2.4 Embed LaTeX math equations into Microsoft Word

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=25223

Let's say I have a (comparatively) lovely-looking document in LaTeX, full of lovingly typeset, (relatively) complex equations. 
Now, let's say some Philistines come along one day and decide that the  ... 
[conversion] [msword]
 

asked by badroit https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1232 106 votes

5.7.2.5 How to install "vanilla" TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=1092

Debian and Ubuntu have very good texlive packaging. But I'd like to use tlmgr to have a more fine-grained control about upgrades and which packages I want to be installed. 
So how do I install  ... 
[packages] [texlive] [installing] [linux] [tlmgr]
 

asked by Dima https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=137 257 votes

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=411 75 votes

5.7.2.6 How do I turn off equation auto numbering

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=2597

I have an equation like this: 
\begin{align} 
P(A \cup B) = \sum_{\omega \in A \cup B} P(\omega) = \sum_{\omega \in A} P(\omega) + \sum_{\omega \in B} P(\omega) 
= P(A) + P(B) 
... 
[equations] [numbering]
 

asked by user1046 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=1046 107 votes

answered by levesque https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=10 124 votes

5.7.2.7 How to write 'A~\[Currency]' and other umlauts and accented letters in bibliography?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=question&id=57743

How to write in bibliography (package natbib) letter "a" with two dots above? Specially, I mean the word BirkhA~\[Currency]user. 
Is there a general rule or way how to write such umlauts or other accented letters  ... 
[bibtex] [accents] [characters]
 

asked by Laura https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=14475 300 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/newsletter?cta=user&id=5001 404 votes