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I am using longtable and want to specify the width of a column, however this does not work for me, first column need to be 2 cm for instance:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{longtable}
\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{l{2cm}l}
A & B
\end{longtable}
\end{document}
You can use
\begin{longtable}[l]{@{}p{2cm}l@{}}
to left align the table ([l]), have no left border space in the first column {@{}), and set the first column in a parbox of width 2cm (p{2cm}).
p{2cm}or define a new columntype using thearraypackagelongtableenvironment is always centered.... so flushing to the side could be a little difficult. You can use@p{2cm}to get at least rid of some small spacing at the left margin. And please, don't change the question in comments...@{}p{2cm}of course...\begin{longtable}[l]{@{}p{2cm}l@{}}[l];-)