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From: Andrew Gilmartin
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Subject: Re: Tables in LaTEX?
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Date: 24 Apr 91 14:50:45 GMT
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In article <1991Apr23.200105.14819@midway.uchicago.edu>
ppalmer@oskar.uchicago.edu (Patrick Palmer) writes:

>I am trying to make footnotes in a table in LaTEX, and having no luck.

The following example tables don't answer all your questions but they might be
usefull.

-- Andrew Gilmartin
   Computing & Information Services
   Brown University
   (401) 863-7305
   andrew@brownvm.brown.edu


\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
      \begin{tabular}{cccc}
         aA & eE & iI & mM \\
         bB & fF & jJ & nN \\
         cC & gG & kK & oO \\
         dD & hH & lL & pP \\
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Starter}
%
\end{table}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
      \begin{tabular}{|cccc|} \hline
         aA & eE & iI & mM \\
         bB & fF & jJ & nN \\
         cC & gG & kK & oO \\
         dD & hH & lL & pP \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Boxing the tables with a bar and hline}
%
\end{table}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
      \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline
         aA & eE & iI & mM \\ \hline
         bB & fF & jJ & nN \\ \hline
         cC & gG & kK & oO \\ \hline
         dD & hH & lL & pP \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Using more hline}
%
\end{table}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
      \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}
%
      \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline
         aA & eE & iI & mM \\ \hline
         bB & fF & jJ & nN \\ \hline
         cC & gG & kK & oO \\ \hline
         dD & hH & lL & pP \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Changing the height of cells by renewing arraystretch}
%
\end{table}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
      \begin{tabular}{|c|cccc|} \hline
         \bf One  & aA & eE & iI & mM \\ \cline{2-5}
                  & bB & fF & jJ & nN \\ \hline
         \bf Two  & cC & gG & kK & oO \\ \cline{2-5}
                  & dD & hH & lL & pP \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Using cline to visually group rows}
%
\end{table}


\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
      \begin{tabular}{|c|l|p{3in}|} \hline
%
         \bf Symbol
         & \bf Function
         & \bf Description \\ \hline
%
         \tt\&
         & Concatenate
         & Appends the text on the right of the end of the text string 
         on the left.\\ \hline
%      
         \tt""
         & Text Constant
         & Marks the beginning and the end of characters to be considered 
         a text constant. If you enter text into a formula without using 
         quotes, FileMaker Pro interprets the text as a field or function 
         name.\\ \hline
%      
         \tt\P
         & Return Marker
         & Used wherever you want to insert a text constant containing a 
         paragraph return.\\ \hline
%
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Using cols' p}
%
\end{table}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
      \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}\hline
         \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{One} & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Two} \\ \hline
         aA & eE & iI & mM \\ \hline
         bB & fF & jJ & nN \\ \hline
         cC & gG & kK & oO \\ \hline
         dD & hH & lL & pP \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Using multicolumn to visually group columns}
%
\end{table}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
      \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}\hline
         \multicolumn{4}{|c|}{One} \\ \hline
         \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{Two} & Three \\ \cline{1-3}
         Four & Five & Six & \null \\ \hline
         aA & eE & iI & mM \\ \hline
         bB & fF & jJ & nN \\ \hline
         cC & gG & kK & oO \\ \hline
         dD & hH & lL & pP \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Using more multicolumn}
%
\end{table}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
%     You create footnoted tables by placing the tabular environment
%     inside a minipage. Use the width of the table (when printed) as
%     the width of the minipage---1.5in in the example below. 
%
%     To determine the width of your table print one copy with a 
%     minipage width of \textwidth; Then replace \textwidth with the 
%     measured width the the printed table. I wish I know of a better 
%     way...
%
%     \begin{minipage}{\textwidth}
%
      \begin{minipage}{1.5in}
%
         \renewcommand{\footnoterule}{}
%
         \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline
            aA & eE & iI & mM \\ \hline
            bB & fF & jJ & nN \\ \hline
            cC & gG & kK 
               & oO\footnote{Footnote for Table~\ref{tab:foot}}\\ \hline
            dD & hH & lL & pP \\ \hline
         \end{tabular}
%
      \end{minipage}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Using footnotes}\label{tab:foot}
%
\end{table}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
      \begin{tabular}{|r|r|r|} \hline
         \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{One}
         & \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Two}
         & \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Three} \\ \hline
          1.23   &  3.4   &   5.678    \\
          9.0123 &  4.567 & 890.1      \\
         23.45   & 67.8   &   9        \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Unaligned decimal points.}
%
\end{table}

\begin{table}[h]
%
   \begin{center}
%
%     To align decimals, pad each number with ? so that each number 
%     has the same precission. For example, "1.0" and "45.945" are coded
%     as "1.0??" and "45.945".
%
%     Make ? act like a non-printing zero

      \catcode`?=\active
      \def?{\phantom{0}}
%
      \begin{tabular}{|r|r|r|} \hline
         \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{One}
         & \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Two}
         & \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Three} \\ \hline
          1.23?? &  3.4?? &   5.678    \\
          9.0123 &  4.567 & 890.1??    \\
         23.45?? & 67.8?? &   9.0??    \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}
%
   \end{center}
%
   \caption{Aligning decimal points.}
%
\end{table}

\end{document}