[OS X TeX] Tabulars

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 14.04.2005 um 01:06 schrieb Alain Schremmer:

> ii. How do I make the first column narrower? I tried to get tabulary  
> to do it for me but it does not like {*{4}{p{3cm}}} which would seem  
> to make sense since, as far as I understand it, it puts all four  
> columns at 3cm.

I just have a similiar problem with a very long table. The option  
`{*{4}{p{3cm}}}´ tells TeX to use 4 * (times) a paragraph or parbox  
each 3cm wide for the text. To not spread short texts over the whole  
width of the box you have to use \multicolumn. To narrow the first  
column you can try:

    \begin{tabular}{p{2cm}*{3}{p{3cm}}}
    %Row0
             \multicolumn{1}{l}{First semester}
        &    \multicolumn{1}{c}{Math 165}

I recently came to

	\begin{longtable}{rp{2.75cm}*{0}{>\raggedright}p{12.5cm}} % final for  
tonight!

to get the last column ragged ... Oh yes: you have to use the array  
package for this!

Next try will be like  
\begin{longtable}{*{0}{>\raggedleft}p{3.75cm}p{2.75cm}*{0}{>\raggedright 
}p{12.5cm}} ...

--
Greetings

   Pete

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