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From: dperkins@cbnewsl.att.com (d.h.perkins)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Vertical spanning in halign
Keywords: halign spanning vertical
Message-ID: <1990Nov13.175151.11979@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 13 Nov 90 17:51:51 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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I am trying to create a table with \halign where an
odd combination of horizontal and vertical spans does
not benefit from the use of \valign.  I could create a table
within the table but that has its own problems.

For Example:
	-------------------------------------------------
	| vertical    | horizontal spanning on this row |
	| spanning in |---------------------------------|
	| this column | regular table | no spanning     |
	|-------------|---------------|-----------------|
	|   12345678  | more cells    |   12345678      |
	-------------------------------------------------

This example covers most of the cases I face and would appreciate
any direction or hints.  I was unable to find any useful references
in the TeXBook and do not use LaTeX but am willing to pursue that
if it has a solution.

Thanks