I have a long table with the explanation of 50 items (the MWE displays only 9). I believe this is hard to read. How do I make it easy to read?
\documentclass[10pt,cleardoublepage=empty,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[a5paper]{geometry}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{p{4.8cm} p{4.8cm}}
\caption{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, orci vivamus ac neque augue cras, pellentesque libero integer.}\\
\textsc{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}&\textsc{Lorem ipsum}\\
\midrule
\endfirsthead
\caption[]{(continued)}\\
\endhead
\endlastfoot
aenean ipsum enim egestas dui amet, ut condimentum ipsum vel arcu ullamcorper, nec et quis dolor mi, nunc id laoreet velit elit sit orci. Pede vestibulum ac amet
&\textit{enean}\slash \textit{egestas}\\
pede vestibulum ac amet
&\textit{egestas}\slash \textit{condimentum}\\
aenean ipsum enim egestas dui amet, ut condimentum ipsum vel arcu ullamcorper, ante voluptatem, suspendisse sed euismod leo
&\textit{hasellus}\slash \textit{egestas}\\
pede vestibulum ac amet.
&\textit{egestas}\slash \textit{condimentum}\\
aenean ipsum enim egestas dui amet, ut condimentum ipsum vel arcu ullamcorper
&\textit{laoreet}\slash \textit{velit}\\
aenean ipsum enim egestas dui amet, ut condimentum ipsum vel arcu ullamcorper, ante voluptatem, suspendisse
&\textit{enean}\slash \textit{egestas}\\
mauris lectus vel nulla neque lectus vel nulla eget cras luctus enim pharetra, curabitur sed curabitur sed vitae, lectus vel nulla neque
&\textit{egestas}\slash \textit{condimentum}\\
mauris eget cras luctus enim pharetra, curabitur sed vitae, lectus vel nulla neque
&\textit{cras}\slash \textit{enim}\\
sapien in sed. Sit lectus sed nullam, condimentum elit quae, morbi lacus nullam dictum libero convallis
&\textit{convallis}\slash \textit{Sit}\\
\end{longtable}
\end{document}
Output (extract):
I also have this other table. Do you think it could look better than this?
\documentclass[10pt,cleardoublepage=empty,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[a5paper]{geometry}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{l l}
\caption{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh}\\
\textsc{Lorem Ipsum}&\textsc{Ament}\\
\midrule
\endfirsthead
\caption[]{(continued)}\\
\textsc{Semantic Category}&\textsc{Variable}\\
\midrule
\endhead
\endlastfoot
\multirow{3}{*}{consectetur eiusmod tempor}&\textit{dolor}/\textit{sit}\\ &\textit{ament}/\textit{sit}\\ &\textit{laboris}/\textit{explicabo}\\
\\
\multirow{3}{*}{consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod}&\textit{exercitationem}/\textit{voluptatem}\\ &\textit{incidunt}/\textit{laboris}\\
&\textit{aliquid}/\textit{explicabo}\\
\\
\multirow{2}{*}{consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do}& \textit{holiday}/\textit{exercitationem}\\
&\textit{sundown}/\textit{laboris}\\
\\
\multirow{2}{*}{consectetur adipisicing, sed do eiusmod}&\textit{laboris}/\textit{incidunt}\\
&\textit{exercitationem}/\textit{voluptatem}\\
\\
consectetur adipisicing elit, sed&\textit{aliquid}/\textit{incidunt}\\
\\
consectetur elit, sed do eiusmod&\textit{explicabo}/\textit{laboris}\\
\end{longtable}
\end{document}