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From: mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Mary E. Allison)
Subject: HELP with format of Tabular or Paragraph in LaTex
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Date: Tue, 14 May 1991 20:58:21 GMT
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I'm trying to figure out how to do something with a table using LaTeX.
I've figured out part of it but I'm still trying to work it all out.

Here's something close to what I'd like the output to look like.

		Lecturers

Speaker			DATE		TITLE

Dr. Sam Beckett		July 23, 1997	``There and Back Again, a
  Project QL				  Leapers Tale"

Capt. J.-L. Pickard	8497.5		``There and Back Again, a
  StarFleet				  Captain's Tale''

Mr. Bilbo Baggins	???		``There and Back Again, a
  Hobbit town				  Hobbit's Tale''

However, I'm having trouble figuring out the indentation without
having to figure out EXACTLY where the line is going to break for each
title.  (I know -- I could break it by hand but isn't that why we have
computers??).

Here's what I have so far.

\begin{tabular}{lll}
{\sc Speaker} & {\sc Date} & {\sc Title} \\ \\

\parbox[t]{2.25in}{Dr.\ Doogie Howser \\ Mayo Clinic } &
October 25, 1991  & \parbox[t]{2.5in}{``How to be a Successful Doctor
and Have a Hit TV Show}  \\ \\  

\parbox[t]{2.25in}{Mr. Warren Littlefield \\ NBC } & February 21, 1991
& \parbox[t]{2.5in}{``How to Survive a Barrage of Mail from Sex-Crazed
Quantum Leap Fans''} \\ \\  

\parbox[t]{2.25in}{Ms. Deborah Brown \\ Rochester, NY } & April 9,
1991 & \parbox[t]{2.5in}{``How to be a Sex-Crazed Quantum Leap Fan} \\
\\  

\end{tabular}

However, that doesn't give me the proper indentation.

Any suggestions?

THANKS


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