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From: langer@aero.org (John V. Langer)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: HELP with supertabular
Keywords: supertabular, help, parbox
Message-ID: <1991May15.010120.11557@aero.org>
Date: 15 May 91 01:01:20 GMT
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Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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Does anyone know how to use a \parbox (or a \minipage) as a supertabular
entry?  When I try, LaTeX/supertabular seem to count each supertabular
entry as one line -- regardless of how many lines the \parbox really
represents -- so that the table flows off the page.  Then, strangely,
the next page is blank!

I'm afraid that I don't understand .sty files well enough to properly
diagnose, let alone fix, this problem.

ANY help would be most welcome!

A shortened example LaTeX set-up that demonstrates the problem is appended.

		       -- John Langer

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\documentstyle[supertabular]{article}
\begin{document}
\tablehead{\hline
Ster&Harvardnr&max&periode&\multicolumn{3}{l|}{Datum}\\
\hline}
\tabletail{\hline}

\begin{supertabular}{|llrrrrr|}
SS Cas &000451 &  8.8&140.57&30&jan&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline
SS Cas &000451 &  8.8&140.57& 7&nov&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline
T And  &001726 &  7.7&280.76&10&aug&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline
R And  &001838 &  5.6&409.33&18&jun&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline
RV Cas &004746a&  7.3&331.68& 8&mei&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline
       .
       .  100 or so similar lines
       .
RW Peg &225914 &  8.8&208.43&23&aug&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline
V Cas  &230759 &  6.9&228.83&18&feb&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline
W Peg  &231425 &  7.9&344.92&27&apr&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline
S Peg  &231508 &  7.1&319.22& 4&dec&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\nextline
Z Peg  &235525 &  7.7&325.47&23&jun&\parbox{1 in}{1989 test of parbox command}\\
\end{supertabular}
\end{document}
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