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From: dorab@rise.twinsun.com (Dorab Patel)
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Subject: solution to half-height vrule
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Date: 26 Nov 90 22:20:40 GMT
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Here is how I finally solved my problem of a half-height vrule in a
cell of a tabular environment in LaTeX. The idea was to have the
baseline of the row centered vertically in the cell. Then, it is a
simple matter to have the vrule only extend downwards.

\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline
\parbox{0.5in}{this is a test of the emergency broadcast system} & 123 &
\vrule height 0.5ex \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

Thanks to Don Hosek <dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu> for showing the way.

'dorab