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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{multirow}
\title{A longtable example}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{longtable}{p{2.8cm} p{2.8cm}p{2.8cm}p{2.8cm}}
\caption{A sample long table.} \label{tab:long} \\
\hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{First column}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Second column}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Third column}}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{TForth column}}\\ \hline
\endfirsthead
\multirow{4}{c}%
{{\bfseries \tablename\ \thetable{} -- continued from previous page}} \\
\hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Reference}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{techniqued}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{issues}}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{future}}\\ \hline
\endhead
\hline \multicolumn{4}{r}{{Continued on next page}} \\ \hline
\endfoot
\hline \hline
\endlastfoot
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\end{longtable}
\end{center}
\end{document}][1]][1]
I want to restrict long text to each specific column.
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. In your opinion, how and where should this string be line-broken? Please advise.texttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
with some real words that have spaces between them: you will find that LaTeX will keep everything within the space for that column in that case. If you need to tell LaTeX exactly where to break the line, then you can use\newline
.longtable
environment should never, ever be encased in acenter
environment.longtable
does the centering of its contents itself andcenter
gives inconsistent spacing above and below thelongtable
.