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I would like to align the text in the first column of a table with the text outside the table. Here is a MWE:

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[!htbp]
\begin{tabular}{lll}
{\bf Title} & Executive Manager &   \\
 & Email: xxx  &   Phone: xxx\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\noindent{\bf Description}

Here goes a paragraph...

\end{document}

I would like to align "Title" and "Description", which is not what happens now. Note that I would like to keep the outside text outside (i.e., not moving them into the table). Thanks in advance!

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  • use {@{}lll@{} also do not use \bf in latex documents
    – David Carlisle
    Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 16:47
  • Beautiful! And thanks!! Two follow up questions: i) what is @{} doing? and ii) are you suggesting using \textbf?
    – Daryl
    Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 16:52
  • @{hello} would add hello on every line, in general it replaces the default \tabcolsep padding space but here you want to replace with nothing so @{}. For the table heading yes, \bfseries or \textbf . Presumably Description should be \section*{Description} or some such. As you have not said which document class you are using \bf might not even be defined as unlike \bfseries the latex format does not define \bf
    – David Carlisle
    Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 16:56

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A column specification of

{@{}lll@{}}

would remove the \tabcolsep padding space on either side of the table.

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