i need to make a list of symbols based on a multiple-page table or another way as long as produce the same. And yes, i've read : List of Tables?. But it's too complicated for a beginner like me. I just need to input the cell column by myself one by one and not automatic. Here is my requirements:
- My table might break the page since i have a lot of symbols. I need something like
longtable
but supports two columns. - Two columns here means the table fills the left column first, then fills the right column, break the page, start from left column, to the right column, etc.
- Each left and right column has the same width size.
- Repeated head of the table.
This is not really an attempt, but here's my MWE using longtable
, if the cells are not long enough to demonstrate page breaking, please repeat some rows:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside,openany]{book}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage[a4paper, inner=4cm, outer=3cm, top=4cm, bottom=3cm]{geometry}
\begin{document}
\chapter*{\textbf{LIST OF SYMBOLS}}
\begin{longtable}{p{1cm}p{.5cm}p{3cm}}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{Symbol}}
& \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{}}
& \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{Meaning}}\\
\endfirsthead
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{Symbol}}
& \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{}}
& \multicolumn{1}{c}{\centering \textbf{Meaning}}\\
\endhead
$a$ &=& This is letter $a$\\
$b$ &=& This is letter $b$\\
$c$ &=& This is letter $c$\\
$d$ &=& This is letter $d$\\
$e$ &=& This is letter $e$\\
$f$ &=& This is letter $f$\\
$g$ &=& This is letter $g$\\
$h$ &=& This is letter $h$\\
$i$ &=& This is letter $i$\\
$j$ &=& This is letter $j$\\
$k$ &=& This is letter $k$\\
$l$ &=& This is letter $l$\\
$m$ &=& This is letter $m$\\
$n$ &=& This is letter $n$\\
$o$ &=& This is letter $o$\\
$p$ &=& This is letter $p$\\
$q$ &=& This is letter $q$\\
$r$ &=& This is letter $r$\\
$s$ &=& This is letter $s$\\
$t$ &=& This is letter $t$\\
$u$ &=& This is letter $u$\\
$v$ &=& This is letter $v$\\
$w$ &=& This is letter $w$\\
$x$ &=& This is letter $x$\\
$y$ &=& This is letter $y$\\
$z$ &=& This is letter $z$\\
$a$ &=& This is letter $a$\\
$b$ &=& This is letter $b$\\
$c$ &=& This is letter $c$\\
$d$ &=& This is letter $d$\\
$e$ &=& This is letter $e$\\
$f$ &=& This is letter $f$\\
$g$ &=& This is letter $g$\\
$h$ &=& This is letter $h$\\
$i$ &=& This is letter $i$\\
$j$ &=& This is letter $j$\\
$k$ &=& This is letter $k$\\
$l$ &=& This is letter $l$\\
$m$ &=& This is letter $m$\\
$n$ &=& This is letter $n$\\
$o$ &=& This is letter $o$\\
$p$ &=& This is letter $p$\\
$q$ &=& This is letter $q$\\
$r$ &=& This is letter $r$\\
$s$ &=& This is letter $s$\\
$t$ &=& This is letter $t$\\
$u$ &=& This is letter $u$\\
$v$ &=& This is letter $v$\\
$w$ &=& This is letter $w$\\
$x$ &=& This is letter $x$\\
$y$ &=& This is letter $y$\\
$z$ &=& This is letter $z$
\end{longtable}
\end{document}
Hope you can help me. Thanks in advance!