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From: kilis@cs.umn.edu (Danny Kilis)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Vertical centering in tables - Summary
Message-ID: <1990Aug21.210109.4855@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 21 Aug 90 21:01:09 GMT
References: <7592@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Lines: 44



In article <7592@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> estes@iris.ucdavis.edu (Robert Estes) writes:
>
>Method #1: from mitano@top.cis.syr.edu
>
>\documentstyle{article}
>\begin{document}
>\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline
>\begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \#1 \end{tabular} & 
>\begin{tabular}{c} Column \#2 \end{tabular} \\ \hline
>1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline
>1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline
>\end{tabular}
>\end{document}
>
>Method #2: a minor modification
>
>\documentstyle{article}
>\begin{document}
>\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline
>\begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \#1 \end{tabular} & Column \#2 \\ \hline
>1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline
>1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline
>\end{tabular}
>\end{document}

There would seem to be a problem if one needs to insert a line between
Column and \#1, i.e.,

\begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \hline \#1 \end{tabular} & Column \#2 \\ \hline

The line would not go across the entire box!  Any suggestion?





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