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Decimals in table don't align with dcolumn when bolded
I am making a table using booktabs and dcolumn. It works perfectly until I tried to bold one of the numbers and then the decimals won't read properly.
Are there any workaround here?
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3
votes
1answer
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dcolumn italicize header for me
I am trying to use dcolumn to align the decimals for me. I am using booktabs while constructing the table. The code I have is:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,dcolumn}
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0
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0answers
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Midrule that extends only over some of the columns in booktabs
I hope this isn't a silly question, the thing is that I want to create a table with a midrule applied in just some cells, I mean something like that (just between Item, Animal and Description):
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3
votes
2answers
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Table layout: cells with short and long text
I've been fiddling with a table layout where some cells contain very little text while others may need multiple lines, and I can't seem to get it readable and nice-looking.
MWE:
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1
vote
1answer
52 views
How to embed a minted environment inside a tabular environment?
I'm using packages minted and booktabs, and would like to put a minted environment within a tabular one. However, the following does not work:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{minted}
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2
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2answers
88 views
Table formatting
I use the following table:
\documentclass[a4paper,
12pt,
bibliography=totoc,
index=totoc,
abstracton,
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3
votes
1answer
56 views
Using longtable with \cmidrule: page-breaking issues
Here's a (minimal?) working example that illustrates both the issues I am having:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{longtable,booktabs,lipsum,array}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
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5
votes
1answer
115 views
How to trim the length of \toprule? [duplicate]
How to trim \toprule (from booktabs package)?
It is probably something basic I'm missing, but I need it and it's nowhere to be found.
2
votes
1answer
109 views
booktabs with custom column spacing
I'm trying to use the booktabs package, and I'm trying to make tables with "column groups" that are delimited by extra space. In the following, I am doing this using the @{} syntax in the tabular ...
3
votes
2answers
64 views
Table contents are not centring properly
I'm trying to make a table however the contents of certain columns aren't centred correctly.
I'm using the following in my preamble...
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twoside, twocolumn]{article}
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4
votes
1answer
157 views
Equations inside tabular environment, no vertical spacing
I have a problem with the spacing of my equations. According to this http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/50348/15360 booktabs one should rarely have to regulate the spacing.
But the result of the code ...
1
vote
1answer
120 views
how to split the table heading in booktabs?
how to split the column headings? How do I get newline after some word? When I put \\, it changes the alignment badly.
This is my code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
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0
votes
1answer
145 views
In a table how do I add vertical lines between each column?
I have this as my current table which is fine, but I would like there to be vertical lines too just to make it look that bit neater.
I'd also like horizontal lines between each row but this would ...
3
votes
2answers
462 views
Problems with \toprule and \midrule in a table
Having the following siunitx table code in LyX, for each occurrence of \toprule and \midrule I obtain an error message:
The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message
was ...
1
vote
1answer
147 views
Table without using booktabs
I would like to know how to create the following table without using the package booktabs. Is this even possible?
\begin{table*}\centering
\begin{tabular}{@{}rrrrcrrrcrrr@{}}\toprule
& ...
8
votes
1answer
250 views
Vertical table lines are discontinuous with booktabs
I created a table in LaTeX, but there are some problems with the borders. The borders remain open whereas I want them closed. Also, in the last row, I want the vertical line gone, ie I want just one ...
5
votes
3answers
176 views
slim braces in a table
We need to make clear that certain data is the same in several rows. An underbrace taken from math-mode does the job quite well, but is unfortunately way too prominent in the table, especially in ...
4
votes
1answer
148 views
Equivalent of \DTLiflastrow
With the datatool package there is a \DTLiffirstrow. I am looking for a similar command to detect the last row, \DTLiflastrow, but could not find one. I attempted to create my own but was not ...
18
votes
6answers
595 views
How to increase row height while using booktabs?
I'm making a table using booktabs. One of the columns contains a series of fractions.
\documentclass[12pt, letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{nag}
\usepackage[margin=1.0in]{geometry}
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8
votes
2answers
882 views
\midrule dashed and colored in booktabs — two kinds of midrules in one booktab
Is it possible to make two \midrules in one booktab? The first one should be colored, the second one colored and dashed, as it is shown in the picture. Before each entry is a horizontal space - how to ...
2
votes
1answer
630 views
how to \multicolumn in booktabs?
Following is my code:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
%\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[htbp]
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6
votes
3answers
949 views
Fill space with dots within table
I would like the whitespace between two items within a table to be filled with dots.
Please consider the following picture to get the idea.
So far I tried to achieve this output with the following ...
3
votes
1answer
955 views
Strange problem with `longtabu`
I would like to share with you a quite simple example LaTeX is not able to compile.
I use the longtabu environment provided by tabu package. I am using commands from booktabs as recommended in the ...
4
votes
2answers
936 views
Vertical alignment using multirow and booktabs
I'm trying to format correctly the following table:
\documentclass[a4paper,twoside]{report}
\usepackage{array,colortbl,multirow,multicol,booktabs,ctable}
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4
votes
2answers
304 views
Conflict between `booktabs` and `arydshln` packages
Please see the MWE below and its result. I didn't use the arydshln package in the example, but I have to use it somewhere else in the same document. As you see, there is something wrong with the ...
1
vote
1answer
71 views
Table wrapper breaks when using svn-multi and booktabs
I have a bizarre problem with a customised table wrapper in conjunction with booktabs and svn-multi. The MWE below illustrates the issue.
The wrapper myTable works fine if:
either booktabs is not ...
2
votes
1answer
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Error using \toprule \midrule from Booktabs package [closed]
I am trying to use the package booktabs to make my tables look nicer. However,
Latex gives me an error whenever I use \toprule \midrule or \bottomrule. Here is a simple
example I created:
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8
votes
1answer
308 views
How can I make a table like the type in this image in LaTeX?
I'm trying to make a table like the one in following image in LaTeX
but I'm unsure how to go about it. I've been using the tabular environment from the booktabs package, but the following code ...
2
votes
1answer
334 views
Formatting raggedright in booktabs. Why am I getting a \noalign error?
I have a \sidewaystable that is also a \threeparttable. I'm trying to produce it using booktabs. In the shape columns there are words with more than 8 letters that TeX keeps hyphenating. The column ...
2
votes
1answer
765 views
Format nomencl in table style
For my thesis I wwant to format the nomencl in the same style as the rest. Simply put this means I want the nomencl to appear as follows:
Symbol Quantity Unit
t Time s
rest ...
3
votes
2answers
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how to vertically align text in multirow cell with tabularx with renewcommand?
Here I come again,
Following the indications on this url I managed to get almost exactly what I want. However the problem is that the first multirow cell (with text "5 and 6") is not vertically ...
22
votes
3answers
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Professional-looking tables with alternating row colors?
Both the Booktabs documentation and the Small Guide to Making Nice Tables provide some nice rules-of-thumb for making professional-looking tables (e.g., no double rules, no vertical rules, etc.)
Q: ...
4
votes
2answers
993 views
Vertical spacing in tables with math
How can I force LaTeX to vertically center math in a table taking into account subscripts, superscripts, etc? It appears from the output below that LaTeX vertically centered the $JV$ and added the ...
2
votes
2answers
696 views
booktabs and tiny horizontal space
In a regular table, I'm trying to remove the small horizontal space before the first column and after the last one as achieved with package booktabs with the option @{}. How can I do that? Please ...
3
votes
1answer
393 views
How do I eliminate the vertical realignment when using arrayrulecolor with cmidrule?
I'm using consecutive \cmidrule commands in conjunction with \arrayrulecolor to alternately hide and unhide horizontal rules in a table. However, when \arrayrulecolor is used with \cmidrule, some odd ...
6
votes
1answer
192 views
booktabs's horizontal rules aren't displayed with cifa document class
There seems to be a problem between the CIFA document class
and the booktabs package.
When I compile the following code, the horizontal lines are not displayed:
\documentclass{cifa}
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1
vote
3answers
2k views
Booktabs and longtable - strange spaces between lines
I needed to make some horizontal table lines bold so I used booktabs package. However if I use \toprule command to make line bold I get strange outcome - there are some spaces between bold line and ...
4
votes
1answer
2k views
Vertical lines are being broken up (disrupted) by the horizontal booktabs lines
My vertical lines are being broken up (disrupted) by horizontal booktabs lines. How can I fix this?
It's well and good to say use \hline but I also a cmidrule that spans only the second two columns ...
4
votes
1answer
1k views
Big table with rotated column labels using booktabs
I'm trying to get a big table to fit into my document using the booktabs package, but it is too wide. An example of a couple of rows of the table is given below. I'm using the ...
11
votes
1answer
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Coloring columns in a table with colortbl and booktabs
I have created a rather complicated table with some columns that I want to color. For the table, I chose the booktabs and tabularx packages. For coloring the columns, I use colortbl.
The problem that ...
3
votes
2answers
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Default value for \addlinespace from booktabs
In the booktabs package documentation the command is described in the following:
Occasionally we want to put an extra space between certain rows of a table; for
example, before the last row, if ...
1
vote
1answer
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bottomrule not working in a self-made environment
I have this environment for consistent tables in my LaTeX documents:
\newenvironment{defaultTable}[2] {
\@float{table}[h]
\noindent
\tabularx{\textwidth}{#1}
\specialrule{0.5pt}{10pt}{0pt}
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2
votes
1answer
1k views
Autofit table column with booktabs
Background
Using booktabs produces the top table in the following image:
Both tables reside in floats, but even when outside of the float the same result is produced. The Application and Version ...
4
votes
1answer
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How to use \abovetopsep (to add space between a table's caption and tabular part)?
I read in the documentation of the booktabs package that \abovetopsep can be used to add some space between a table and its caption (instead of the lower-level \vspace{}). However, the exact placement ...
