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From: marty@puppsr.Princeton.EDU (Marty Ryba)
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Subject: Re: Problems with sideways tables in LaTeX (I got it!)
Keywords: GRRRRR!
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Date: 23 Mar 91 21:04:05 GMT
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In article <7473@idunno.Princeton.EDU>, marty@puppsr.Princeton.EDU (Marty Ryba) writes:
> I've been trying to define a new environment that uses the macros in
> rotate.tex (is rotate.sty different??? I haven't seen it) to make a
> table sideways.  It seems straightforward, but I can't seem to be able
> to define or find the box around the table in order to rotate it.
> I've tried (in the environment definition) stuff like:

Of course, soon after I punted, I figured it out....here's a segment
of my .sty file that creates the "sidetable" environment.

\input{rotate}\newbox\rotbox
\newenvironment{sidetable}{\begin{table}[t]
\global\setbox\rotbox\vbox\bgroup
\hsize\textheight \@parboxrestore}%
{\par\vskip\z@\egroup \rotl\rotbox \end{table}}

You use sidetable just as you would the table environment except you cannot
give it a position argument - but why would you want to for a table that
has to go sideways just to fit on the page???

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