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From: cen466p@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,aus.tex
Subject: Solution: Rotation of a Table and its Caption.
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.205016.86265@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 4 Feb 91 09:50:16 GMT
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Hi netters.  At last with some valuable suggestions and experimentations I got
the solution to rotating a table or figure along with its captions.  I also
managed to center the table using \begin{center} and \begin{minipage} commands.
Use of \vspace will center the table vertically. I tried only with \rotl and I
am sure it should work for other cases also. Feel free to make it more elegant.
TaS for the following TeXperts, for giving valuable suggestions.

rpe@planet.bt.co.uk (Roy Everett), kuebeler@chopin.udel.edu (Mark Kuebeler)
aci10@eng.cambridge.ac.uk  (A.C. Innes)       ! suggestion on \vbox
ascott@gara.une.oz.au (Tony Scott)            !       "

I am appending a sample format below. It hope it is valid for Figures too.  TRY
UR LUCK.  Please post further modifications.

Parthasarathy S.               |   cen466p@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Department of Chem Engg        |    partha@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Monash University              |
Australia                      |

-----------------------Sample Table Format for Landscape ------------------

% This format should rotate the table or figure as well as its caption.
% rotate.tex is available with Tom Rokicki's DVIPS. Put the full table including
% caption inside \vbox. Though not an elegant solution, using minipage and
% \begin{center} centers the table horizontally and using \vspace it can be
% centered vertically (in landscape mode). The minipage width should be equal to
% the \textheight. LaTeX the document (IGNORE the warning message regarding
% Overfull \hbox) and create .ps using Rokicki's DVIPS.

\documentstyle[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\input rotate.tex
\begin{table}
\setbox0=\vbox{
\begin{minipage}{10in}  % xx=10, Give the actual textheight in portrait mode
\begin{center}
    \caption{Give any Caption}
    \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
      Counter & Number  \\ \hline
         1    &   10    \\ \hline
         2    &   15    \\ \hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{minipage} }\rotl{0}
\end{table}
\end{document}