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How to draw such table in tabular:
even in the Word, I can only generate a 6*2 table then merge each column respectively.
I prefer use the two table method since it is easy to understand and much compatible with other code. But I happened to a new problem in my real situation
There is a additional row at the top of each table, their height should be equal. Then how to do this using two table method and need I accept the answer here then open o new question?
Use nested tabulars:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|@{} l @{}|@{} c @{}|}\hline
\begin{tabular}{ l }
some text in the left\\\cline{1-1}
some more text in the left column\\
\end{tabular}
&
\begin{tabular}{ l }
some text in the left\\\hline
some text in the left\\\hline
some more text in the left column
\end{tabular}\\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
or with
\begin{tabular}{|@{} c @{}|@{} c @{}|}\hline
\renewcommand\arraystretch{1.8}% <====
\begin{tabular}{ l }
\raisebox{4pt}{...} works, but is, well, brute force.
\raisebox{4pt}{...} is for the top row, and \raisebox{-3pt}{...} for the bottom row.
|@{} l @{}|@{} c @{}| here? And is it allowed to use two tables with column more than 1, that's why I ask the first question.
Jun 28, 2018 at 1:46
An alternative to tabular...stacked \frameboxes.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{stackengine}
\setstackgap{S}{\fboxrule}
\begin{document}
\Shortstack{%
\framebox(100,30){}
\framebox(100,30){}}%
\Shortstack{%
\framebox(100,20){}
\framebox(100,20){}
\framebox(100,20){}}%
\end{document}
With text:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{stackengine}
\setstackgap{S}{\fboxrule}
\begin{document}
\Shortstack{%
\framebox(100,30){left top}
\framebox(100,30){left bottom}}%
\Shortstack{%
\framebox(100,20){right top}
\framebox(100,20){right center}
\framebox(100,20){right bottom}}%
\end{document}
Variable box height. As long as the \framebox heights add to the same number in each column, the top and bottom will be aligned:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{stackengine}
\setstackgap{S}{\fboxrule}
\begin{document}
\Shortstack{%
\framebox(100,30){left top}
\framebox(100,30){left bottom}}%
\Shortstack{%
\framebox(100,13){right top}
\framebox(100,30){\stackanchor[4pt]{right}{center}}
\framebox(100,17){right bottom}}%
\end{document}
You can actually do it the same way as in Word, by merging cells:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
\hline
\multirow{3}{*}{left 1} & \multirow{2}{*}{right 1} \\
& \\ \cline{2-2}
& \multirow{2}{*}{right 2} \\ \cline{1-1}
\multirow{3}{*}{left 2} & \\ \cline{2-2}
& \multirow{2}{*}{right 3} \\
& \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Here's a solution that allows automatic line-breaking in all cells. The solution uses a "outer" tabularx environment (with a total width of your choice; below, the total width is set to \textwidth) with two columns, and two "inner" side-by-side tabular environments with one column each. There can be any number of logical "rows" in each of the two inner tabular environments.
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{ragged2e} % for "\RaggedRight" macro
%% filler text
\newcommand\blurbA{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis. Curabitur dictum gravida mauris. Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna.}
\newcommand\blurbB{Nam dui ligula, fringilla a, euismod sodales, sollicitudin vel, wisi. Morbi auctor lorem non justo. Nam lacus libero, pretium at, lobortis vitae, ultricies et, tellus.}
\newcommand\blurbC{Quisque ullamcorper placerat ipsum. Cras nibh. Morbi vel justo vitae lacus tincidunt ultrices. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Integer tempus convallis augue. Etiam facilisis. Nunc elementum fermentum wisi. Aenean placerat.}
\setlength\extrarowheight{2pt} % for a more open "look"
\newcolumntype{P}[1]%
{>{\RaggedRight\arraybackslash}p{\dimexpr#1-2\tabcolsep\relax}}
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|@{}X@{}|@{}X@{}|}
\hline
%% left-hand column
\begin{tabular}[t]{P{\hsize}}
\blurbA\\ \hline
\blurbC % optional: \\ \hline
\end{tabular} &
%% right-hand column
\begin{tabular}[t]{P{\hsize}}
\blurbB\\ \hline
\blurbA\\ \hline
\blurbB
\end{tabular} \\
\hline
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}
I would not for an instant claim that this is the most elegant solution to this problem. Further, using TikZ to accomplish this seems a bit like using a sledge hammer to crack a peanut. It is, however, visually neat and clean, and is easily altered to suit. Suggestions for improvement, as usual, are welcome...
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
%% Any number of rows might be accomodated, you just have to set 'minimum height' accordingly
\tikzset{
tworow/.style={%
draw,
minimum height=3\baselineskip,
text width=0.5\textwidth-8pt, % 8pt is 2*inner sep + 2*line width (about)
align=left
},
threerow/.style={
draw,
minimum height=2\baselineskip,
text width=0.5\textwidth-8pt,
align=left
}
}
\newcommand{\twothreetable}[5]{
\noindent
\begin{tikzpicture}[outer sep=0.0pt,line width=1pt]% Alter 'line width' to suit
\node (B)[tworow,anchor=south west] {#1};
\node (C)[tworow,anchor=north west] {#2};
%
\node (D)[threerow,anchor=north west] at (B.north east) {#3};
\node (E)[threerow,anchor=north west] at (D.south west) {#4};
\node[threerow,anchor=north west] at (E.south west) {#5};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
\begin{document}
\twothreetable{Text 1 and a bit to indicate what happens with a lot of text}
{Text 2}
{Text 3}
{Text 4}
{Text 5}
\end{document}
With tcbposter (from tcolorbox) you can construct all kind of complex box distributions.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\begin{document}
\begin{tcbposter}[
poster={columns=2,rows=3, height=3cm,spacing=-.5mm},
boxes={colframe=black, colback=white, sharp corners, notitle, valign=center}
]
\posterbox{name=11,column=1,row=1,rowspan=1.5}{First box}
\posterbox{column=1,below=11,rowspan=1.5}{Second box}
\posterbox{column=2,row=1}{Second column, first row}
\posterbox{column=2,row=2}{Second column, second row}
\posterbox{column=2,row=3}{Second column, third row}
\end{tcbposter}
\begin{tcbposter}[
poster={columns=2,rows=4, height=5cm, width=.8\textwidth,spacing=-.5mm},
boxes={colframe=black, colback=white, sharp corners, notitle, valign=center, halign=center}
]
\posterbox[colback=green!20, fontupper=\large]
{row=1,column=1,span=2}{Nice title}
\posterbox[colback=red!70!blue!30]{name=A,column=1,row=2,rowspan=1.2}{A}
\posterbox[colback=red!30!blue!70,valign=bottom, halign=right]{column=1,between=A and bottom}{B}
\posterbox[colback=red!30]{name=C,column=2,row=2,rowspan=0.6}{C}
\posterbox[colback=red!30!cyan!80]{name=E,column=2, above=bottom, rowspan=1.2}{E}
\posterbox[colback=red!80!cyan!30,halign=left]{column=2,between=C and E}{D}
\end{tcbposter}
\end{document}
