Aligning names within the \author command

Question

I need to present a College assignment and it has to be in article style. My problem is that right after the title I've got to add my professor's name and my working group. I tried this:

\author{\textbf{Professor:} Professor's name 
\\  \textbf{Working Group:} Member 1 \\ Member 2 \\ Member 3}

But the result is not visually appealing 'cause nothing is aligned and looks pretty unnatural. Is there a way to improve this presentation?

Also, I would like to add my institution's name somewhere (it's not mandatory) but I don't know how to do it with the \maketitle command I’m using. Any advice on this is also appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

In the default article document class the authors are set in a top-aligned tabular (with one centred column), as defined in \@maketitle:

\def\@maketitle{%
  \newpage
  \null
  \vskip 2em%
  \begin{center}%
  \let \footnote \thanks
    {\LARGE \@title \par}%
    \vskip 1.5em%
    {\large
      \lineskip .5em%
      \begin{tabular}[t]{c}% <------
        \@author%            <------ Authors
      \end{tabular}\par}%    <------
    \vskip 1em%
    {\large \@date}%
  \end{center}%
  \par
  \vskip 1.5em}

As such, if you're interested in a specific alignment, set the authors using a nested tabular:

\documentclass{article}
\title{This is a title}
\author{\begin{tabular}{rl}
  \textbf{Professor:} & Professor's name \\
  \textbf{Working Group:} & Member 1 \\ & Member 2 \\ & Member 3
\end{tabular}}
\begin{document}
\maketitle

Here is some text.
\end{document}

Alternatively, utilize the single centred column in the following way:

\documentclass{article}
\title{This is a title}
\author{\textbf{Professor:} \\  Professor's name \\
  \textbf{Working Group:} \\
  Member 1 \quad Member 2 \quad Member 3}
\begin{document}
\maketitle

Here is some text.
\end{document}