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my page is of two columns layout and I want to put two tables in consequence on the right column like below:

text here    Table 1 goes here
text here
text here    Table 2 goes here
text here

while I have used wraptable then Table 1 is placed accurate but Table 2 is jumped to the left column below the last text line. In case if I remove wraptable for the table 2, the two tables are covering each other (overlapping).

How can I have the two tables aligned in the right column?

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  • You can use a single table environment containing two tabular (and two \caption)
    – JLDiaz
    Jul 7, 2014 at 13:12
  • Sounds much to complicated. I'd say, end multicols, use addmargin to get a broad margin and put the tables right beside the text in a marginpar, restart multicols. But without a MWE, difficult to say...
    – Keks Dose
    Jul 7, 2014 at 13:18
  • @JLDiaz, it doesn't work if I do so.
    – Sara
    Jul 7, 2014 at 13:26
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    @Sara, could you please provide a minimal document example which shows how it is not working?
    – JLDiaz
    Jul 7, 2014 at 13:27
  • you should be able to use one table environment with two \caption or two table environments. Either way (by default) you can not stop it going in the left column other than by moving the environments later in the source file. If that does not work you will need to post a complete document that demonstrates the problem. Jul 7, 2014 at 13:48

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You may have to adjust the position of your table environments in the source to avoid the left column, but otherwise it should just work with no special markup:

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\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

\def\a{One two three four five six even eight nine ten. }
\def\b{Red. \a\a Blue \a\a Green. \a\a\a}

\begin{document}

\listoftables


\b\b\b\b\b\a\b\b\b

\begin{table}\centering
\begin{tabular}{cc}1&2\\3&4\\5&6\end{tabular}
\caption{a table}
\end{table}
\begin{table}\centering
\begin{tabular}{cc}11&22\\33&44\\55&66\end{tabular}
\caption{another table}
\end{table}

\b\b\b

\b\b\b\b\b\b

\end{document}

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