Questions tagged [columns]
{columns} is specifically about columns in {tables} (though often the latter tag will suffice). If your question is about {two-column} documents or the {multicol} package, use the respective tag instead.
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siunitx column entry causing overfull hbox
I like how I've formatted the following table in TeXLive 2024.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}\centering
\caption{Bad approximations to $10\pi$}
\begin{...
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Spacing between equations in columns in Beamer
I am currently creating a Beamer presentation and I am somewhat new to LaTeX. I have two columns with three equations in each, and I want the columns to have less vertical space between them. I have ...
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How to set column width in Tasks environment
By default, the tasks environment seems to divide the available horizontal space equally among the specified columns. For short tasks, this can lead to overly wide column widths:
\documentclass{...
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Should an array eat up an explicit \mskip at the end of a column if tabularx is loaded?
Consider
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}
$
\begin{array}{ll}
x \mskip100mu & x
\end{array}
$
\end{document}
Before reading further, ask yourself, how far ...
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I'm trying to convert a long complicated word table to latex, and i find it hard to create the suitable code for it
I'm writing my thesis, and I need to write a long table with multiple merged cells in latex. I used several online table conversion tools but when the code is copied the table doesn't fit the page and ...
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How do I fit a paragraph on the right hand side of an item?
How do I get text in this arrangement? The lines are the margins of the page. "x = y + 1" is a line of math in a box, as wide as the text inside. The paragraph extends from the right side of ...
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Changing rows in the same tcbox
I am using the tcolorbox, tcbox;
and I would like to have the \\ or \newline (ability of changing rows) within the tccheckbox that I defined below. But I could not make it successfully.
Any way to fix ...
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Insert arbitrary-row-size multi-columns in revtex4, for the purpose of inserting figures more freely
Are there equivalent commands in revtex4 documentclass, like the multi columns inserted in the arbitrary place in the beamer like the following?
Naively, I expect something like this so we can insert ...
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Issues with siunitx, and longtable percentage column
On the line of some other tables I made, I have attempted to use the same approach for this one. However, in this case I have three columns with different type of numeric entries. The first one is a ...
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Align item for various itemize environments [duplicate]
In a beamer, I have a slide with a first long sentence, then two columns : one with a list of item, and the other with a figure.
The first sentence is also present in a itemize environment. The issue ...
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Bad baselines with two columns of different font sizes in beamer
I want a two-column view for a beamer frame: one with text in one size/face, the other with text in another size/face, such that the baselines of the first lines in both columns align, but each column ...
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Easiest way to set the font style for a column in PGFplotstable
My question seems to be very simple but I haven't found a simple solution.
I just want to set the j-th column of the table to be typeset in boldface.
What is the best and simple way to do that?
What ...
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How to define matrix with non-default spacing between columns?
I want to create a matrix that looks like the following, except to use brackets instead of parentheses:
I have the following code to display it, but unlike in the above picture, the columns are too ...
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Changing horizontal distance of columns in "songs" package [duplicate]
I want to flush a certain distance the columns to the left, not only alter the separation between them. I'm having problems as long verses "intrude" in the second column, and if I change the ...
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Align table rows having different number of columns
I have a table like this one. And I want to center the highlighted parts within those columns, i.e., for rows 2 to 4, I want the first three columns to spread horizontally under the four columns under ...
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