{columns} is specifically about columns in {tables} (though often the latter tag will suffice). If your question is about {two-column} documents or the {multicol} package, use the respective tag instead.
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Column padding in tables
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 this
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Easiest way to delete a column?
I have a set of 10 tables and each has an extra column that I don't want. Specifically, these tables are descriptions of database tables exported by phpMyAdmin, and they all have a "MIME" column that ...
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How to modify columns/column environments so they resize automatically to the largest column ?
This question was originally a duplicate of How can I add vertical space to a beamercolorbox to make it align with another one?. The response to that question was to add a vertical space according to ...
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How to Continue Enumerate Across Columns in Beamer
I am trying to create two columns of a single enumerated list on a single frame in beamer. How do I go about getting the enumeration to continue from one column to the next?
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Relative column width in LaTeX
How can I define a tabular with two columns in LaTeX, where the first column fills 30% of the page width and the second column fills the rest?
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Why does vfill not work inside a beamer column?
I recently tried to set up a quartered page layout in beamer (separate question might follow) and \vfill failed in a column environment.
Minimal example:
\documentclass{beamer}
\begin{document}
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1answer
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Beamerposter… Columns not all aligned at top
I'm making a poster using the beamerposter package, and for some reason am having a devil of a time getting the top of the columns to all line up together. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about.
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2answers
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Extra line of vertical separator using itemize in tabular
I'm creating a resume based off of the example tutorial HERE. It's fairly simple, actually -- just a two columned table with dates on the left and job on the right. I prefer bullets vs. a paragraph ...
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Adding space between columns in a table
I notice that the space between each column of a table in LaTeX is not quite wide (at least for me). Is there any way to set this? I found the \hspace, but I don't get how to use this in the table.
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“Foldable” “Booklet” like Toodledo's one (pocketmod)
How to achieve in pdfLaTeX foldable booklets similar to those provided by Toodledo ?
(to make question usable to others LuaTex, ConTeX and other systems answers are highly welcome)
Note: look, how ...
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4answers
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Stable vertical alignment of columns in Beamer
In Beamer, I often use a two-column slide layout, picture on the left and text on the right. Sometimes the same picture is used on multiple slides, with the text on the right changing. I use the ...
14
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1answer
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How could one setup a layout for a dictionary? (if possible)
A friend asked me if I knew any free software for creating dictionaries - which is good at saving space (reduce total number of pages).
Example:
I suppose this might be possible in LaTeX. ...
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1answer
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Two column text question and choices
i am trying to create a command for a matching type of question. left column are the questions and on the right column are the choices. My problem is how will I do this, especially on the right ...
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1answer
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listings bug: space after literate replacement lost with spaceflexible/fullflexible columns
Problem with space being lost in listings immediately after a literate replacement when using columns=spaceflexible or columns=fullflexible (appears correctly with columns=flexible). A small example ...
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1answer
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How to create a matrix with 20 columns in latex
The code below works, but when I add 10 more columns, it does not. So, how can I add ten more columns to the matrix below?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
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3answers
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Define a table one column at a time instead of one row at a time
Is there a way to define a table like so?
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
column 1, row 1 \\
column 1, row 2 \\
column 1, row 3 \\
column 1, row 4 \\
column 1, row 5 \\ &&
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2answers
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How to check if a column type is defined?
Column types for tables can be defined and overwritten with \newcolumntype.
I would like to know if a column type is already defined for an example which shall only be executed in the case where the ...
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1answer
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How to divide a table row into several columns?
I have a table with two columns. In the first column there is no multiple column. But there are 11 multiple columns in the second column. The format looks like:
| A | B ...
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2answers
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How can I stop \footcite from hijacking my beamer columns?
I have prepared a beamer presentation for a seminar. I already have presented, but in trying to change traditionally-cited references (with a number superscript and the reference typesetted at the end ...
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listings bug: space after quote collapsed when inlined with spaceflexible/fullflexible columns [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
listings bug: space after literate replacement lost with spaceflexible/fullflexible columns
I seem to have stumbled upon a minor bug in listings (version 1.4 as of ...
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1answer
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Multiple Choices Questions in 2 or 3 columns
The following code gives a way to produce Multiple Choices Questions. This solution comes from here.
I would like to have the possibility to display the choices in 2 or 3 columns by giving one ...
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2answers
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Beamer: Top-aligning columns within a top-aligned frame
According to p. 25 of the beamer manual, the t option top-aligns either every frame (when used as a class option) or a single frame (when used as optional argument of a frame environment). According ...
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Table: Can I shift a column by half the height of a row?
This question is best explained by giving the usecase:
I have a table where I list some data and I would like to add a column to the right which gives the ratio of two adjacent rows.
Now to make it ...
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1answer
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Independent left and right columns
I'm trying to write something with two columns that spans multiple pages.
I want to put one thing in the left side and one in the right side. Is there ``proper'' way of doing this, or should I just ...
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1answer
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Independent Columns Environment
I am creating a two-page syllabus with a tikz calendar in the left column and all of the content on the right side of the page. Currently the right content is just like a normal article class document ...
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Are three boxes inside a box possible?
I am making a yes or no question inside a box and I have difficulty on creating the command for it. Would you mind to help me make something that will output this:
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1answer
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multi-page two column table in a single column document
I have looked through and tried quite a few probable solutions but am unable to get this right. I am posting the best minimal example I currently have of what I am trying to accomplish here. Being ...
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2answers
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Beamer - in columns exposing picture in one column before and after text in other column
I'm doing a presentation in beamer, and I was wondering is it possible to, in two columns, make text first appear in left column, then on the second click I'd get a picture in the right column, and ...
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2answers
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Misplaced \omit. \multispan with \newcommand
I'm trying to build my own cookbook-style, which has an ingredient makro. Sometimes the ingredients should be seperated and have a headline, so I tryed with an optional argument. A minumum example ...
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1answer
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Can I set the format of an entire column except for the header?
I would like to italicize all of the names in the second column of a table, but presently the only way I have found to do this is to use \textit{} in each cell, i.e.:
\begin{table}
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5
votes
1answer
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Keep column height in Beamer when replacing content
I have a frame in Beamer that consists of two columns. The content of one column remains the same, the content of the other column is replaced on the second slide.
\begin{frame}
\begin{columns}
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5
votes
2answers
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Same indentation of itemize and itemize in columns
How can I get the indentation to be the same for normal itemize and itemize in columns? Like in the example code below, the itemize in a column is less indented.
\documentclass{beamer}
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votes
1answer
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Pgfplotstable adding a growth column without column names and then offsetting it
I'm trying to create a new column in a pgfsplotstable which shows the compound growth over the preceding columns. The columns don't have names, and I want to shift the column a little to the right to ...
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1answer
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Please help me to run this code in LateX!
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{| >{\centering}p{2.5cm} | >{\centering}p{0.5cm} | >{\centering}p{2.5cm} |>{\centering}p{2.5cm} ...
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Beamer bibliography in two columns on multiple frames?
Is it possible to put a bibliography in beamer presentation, in two columns spanning via several frames?
I have
\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]{Reference}
\bibliographystyle{alpha}
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votes
1answer
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Formatting a custom column in pgfplotstable
Following up on my question on PGF custom columns I've successfully created a column but now I'm struggling to format it to fixed, two digit precision.
This seems a little hair trigger in terms of ...
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1answer
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How to separate columns with a line in beamer(poster)?
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0.4pt} with the multicol package does not work. The beamer guide does not discuss this case for their columns environment...
To be clear this is what I want
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1answer
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Using package listings with sciposter
Could you please provide a working example in which a source code delimited by listings environment word wraps its lines, without breaking the column layout of sciposter?
Whenever I put a long line ...
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votes
1answer
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Creating multiple columns of different width
I'm pretty new to LaTeX and am using it to write an exam. I'm using the geometry package to create two columns. I'd like one column to be 5" and the second column to be 1" with 0.5" separating the ...
