# Empty tabular for worksheet

I'm trying to create a tabular (7 rows, 4 columns) that is empty so the students can fill it out on a sheet. What I found here in this forum:

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|l|@{\hspace{10em}}|}
\hline   A \\
\hline   B \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}


This will set the hspace properly (after the first column which I also want to be big), but I also want it vertically to be bigger, so that every cell is big enough to write something in. If possible I want to do it without installing a package.

• Welcome to TeX.SX! To get a real MWE you have to add your preamble. - I think Increase LaTeX table row height should solve your problem. – Bobyandbob Oct 27 '17 at 8:35
• Do you use any particular document class? Please also convey a sense of what "big enough to write something in" means to you. – Mico Oct 27 '17 at 8:48

My minimal approach would be to set \arraystretch to a bigger value than 1:

\documentclass[]{article}

\begin{document}
\bgroup% to limit the scope of the \arraystretch change
\def\arraystretch{2}
\begin{tabular}[]{|l|@{\hspace{10em}}|}
\hline
A \\
\hline
B \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\egroup
\end{document}


To also increase the width of the first column, I would use the p column specifier which takes the width as an argument:

\documentclass[]{article}

\begin{document}
\bgroup
\def\arraystretch{2}
\begin{tabular}[]{|p{10em}|@{\hspace{10em}}|}
\hline
A \\
\hline
B \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\egroup
\end{document}


• Would you give a table and code with column header? – alhelal Mar 13 '18 at 0:58
• – alhelal Mar 13 '18 at 8:31

You can also add some space after the row with [...] after \\:

\documentclass{article}
\renewcommand*{\arraystretch}{2}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{*4{|p{7em}}|}
\hline
A &&&\\[14pt]
\hline
B &&&\\[14pt]
\hline
C &&&\\[14pt]
\hline
D &&&\\[14pt]
\hline
E &&&\\[14pt]
\hline
F &&&\\[14pt]
\hline
G &&&\\[14pt]
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}