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Control width of columns in a tabular environment


Paragraph column in tabular working only in the first columnLatex: rowcolor in tabular not respecting table widthControl column width with left alignment in tabularKnow the cell width with tabular* or include a paragraph box without specifying its widthTable with variable-width columns, width decided based on row contentTwo tabular environments where the first columns are supposed to have the same widthProblem with toprule: sometimes not boldHow to center the footnote table?Confused about arguments given to tabular environmentAdd booktabs' toprule and bottomrule to (floating) enumerate













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I would like the pieces of texts in the right column to be closer to the pieces of text in the left column. At the same time, I want the table to accommodate long pieces of text nicely, as it does now. One way to achieve this result would be to restrict the width of the left column, augment the width of the right column, and move the left margin of the right column to the left. But I do not know how to do it.



Here is a MWE of what I got so farTable:



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs

begindocument

begintable
 centering
 begintabular*2p.425linewidth
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second second second second\
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
 endtabular
endtable

enddocument


Thanks for your help.






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    You're probably looking for a setup like begintabularxlinewidth l X ... endtabularx (requires usepackagetabularx in your preamble).

    – Werner
    9 hours ago











  • Thanks very much. This indeed achieves the goal.

    – orient
    8 hours ago















3















I would like the pieces of texts in the right column to be closer to the pieces of text in the left column. At the same time, I want the table to accommodate long pieces of text nicely, as it does now. One way to achieve this result would be to restrict the width of the left column, augment the width of the right column, and move the left margin of the right column to the left. But I do not know how to do it.



Here is a MWE of what I got so farTable:



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs

begindocument

begintable
 centering
 begintabular*2p.425linewidth
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second second second second\
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
 endtabular
endtable

enddocument


Thanks for your help.






tables booktabs







share|improve this question



















  • 2





    You're probably looking for a setup like begintabularxlinewidth l X ... endtabularx (requires usepackagetabularx in your preamble).

    – Werner
    9 hours ago











  • Thanks very much. This indeed achieves the goal.

    – orient
    8 hours ago













3












3








3








I would like the pieces of texts in the right column to be closer to the pieces of text in the left column. At the same time, I want the table to accommodate long pieces of text nicely, as it does now. One way to achieve this result would be to restrict the width of the left column, augment the width of the right column, and move the left margin of the right column to the left. But I do not know how to do it.



Here is a MWE of what I got so farTable:



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs

begindocument

begintable
 centering
 begintabular*2p.425linewidth
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second second second second\
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
 endtabular
endtable

enddocument


Thanks for your help.






tables booktabs







share|improve this question
















I would like the pieces of texts in the right column to be closer to the pieces of text in the left column. At the same time, I want the table to accommodate long pieces of text nicely, as it does now. One way to achieve this result would be to restrict the width of the left column, augment the width of the right column, and move the left margin of the right column to the left. But I do not know how to do it.



Here is a MWE of what I got so farTable:



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs

begindocument

begintable
 centering
 begintabular*2p.425linewidth
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second second second second\
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
 endtabular
endtable

enddocument


Thanks for your help.






tables booktabs




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  • 2





    You're probably looking for a setup like begintabularxlinewidth l X ... endtabularx (requires usepackagetabularx in your preamble).

    – Werner
    9 hours ago











  • Thanks very much. This indeed achieves the goal.

    – orient
    8 hours ago












  • 2





    You're probably looking for a setup like begintabularxlinewidth l X ... endtabularx (requires usepackagetabularx in your preamble).

    – Werner
    9 hours ago











  • Thanks very much. This indeed achieves the goal.

    – orient
    8 hours ago







2




2





You're probably looking for a setup like begintabularxlinewidth l X ... endtabularx (requires usepackagetabularx in your preamble).

– Werner
9 hours ago





You're probably looking for a setup like begintabularxlinewidth l X ... endtabularx (requires usepackagetabularx in your preamble).

– Werner
9 hours ago













Thanks very much. This indeed achieves the goal.

– orient
8 hours ago





Thanks very much. This indeed achieves the goal.

– orient
8 hours ago










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As far as I understand the question, I would try



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs

begindocument
begintable
 centering
 begintabularl p0.5linewidth
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second second second second\
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
 endtabular
endtable
enddocument


to obtain



enter image description here






share|improve this answer























  • Thanks, Denis. Your solution also works and is indeed using just the package booktabs.

    – orient
    8 hours ago


















3














As @Werner has already pointed out in a comment, a good candidate solution for your formatting objective would be to load the tabularx package and to employ a tabularx environment (with overall width set to textwidth) instead of tabular. Then, change the first column specification from p... to l, and change the second column specification from p... to X.



enter image description here



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs
usepackagetabularx % for "tabularx" env. and "X" column type

begindocument

begintable
begintabularxtextwidth@ l X @
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second 
 second second second second second second second second \
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth 
 fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
endtabularx
endtable

enddocument





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  • Thanks very much, Mico. Your idea does provide the solution.

    – orient
    8 hours ago










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As far as I understand the question, I would try



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs

begindocument
begintable
 centering
 begintabularl p0.5linewidth
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second second second second\
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
 endtabular
endtable
enddocument


to obtain



enter image description here






share|improve this answer























  • Thanks, Denis. Your solution also works and is indeed using just the package booktabs.

    – orient
    8 hours ago















5














As far as I understand the question, I would try



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs

begindocument
begintable
 centering
 begintabularl p0.5linewidth
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second second second second\
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
 endtabular
endtable
enddocument


to obtain



enter image description here






share|improve this answer























  • Thanks, Denis. Your solution also works and is indeed using just the package booktabs.

    – orient
    8 hours ago













5












5








5







As far as I understand the question, I would try



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs

begindocument
begintable
 centering
 begintabularl p0.5linewidth
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second second second second\
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
 endtabular
endtable
enddocument


to obtain



enter image description here






share|improve this answer













As far as I understand the question, I would try



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs

begindocument
begintable
 centering
 begintabularl p0.5linewidth
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second second second second\
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
 endtabular
endtable
enddocument


to obtain



enter image description here







share|improve this answer












share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer










answered 9 hours ago









DenisDenis

2,638520




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  • Thanks, Denis. Your solution also works and is indeed using just the package booktabs.

    – orient
    8 hours ago

















  • Thanks, Denis. Your solution also works and is indeed using just the package booktabs.

    – orient
    8 hours ago
















Thanks, Denis. Your solution also works and is indeed using just the package booktabs.

– orient
8 hours ago





Thanks, Denis. Your solution also works and is indeed using just the package booktabs.

– orient
8 hours ago











3














As @Werner has already pointed out in a comment, a good candidate solution for your formatting objective would be to load the tabularx package and to employ a tabularx environment (with overall width set to textwidth) instead of tabular. Then, change the first column specification from p... to l, and change the second column specification from p... to X.



enter image description here



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs
usepackagetabularx % for "tabularx" env. and "X" column type

begindocument

begintable
begintabularxtextwidth@ l X @
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second 
 second second second second second second second second \
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth 
 fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
endtabularx
endtable

enddocument





share|improve this answer























  • Thanks very much, Mico. Your idea does provide the solution.

    – orient
    8 hours ago















3














As @Werner has already pointed out in a comment, a good candidate solution for your formatting objective would be to load the tabularx package and to employ a tabularx environment (with overall width set to textwidth) instead of tabular. Then, change the first column specification from p... to l, and change the second column specification from p... to X.



enter image description here



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs
usepackagetabularx % for "tabularx" env. and "X" column type

begindocument

begintable
begintabularxtextwidth@ l X @
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second 
 second second second second second second second second \
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth 
 fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
endtabularx
endtable

enddocument





share|improve this answer























  • Thanks very much, Mico. Your idea does provide the solution.

    – orient
    8 hours ago













3












3








3







As @Werner has already pointed out in a comment, a good candidate solution for your formatting objective would be to load the tabularx package and to employ a tabularx environment (with overall width set to textwidth) instead of tabular. Then, change the first column specification from p... to l, and change the second column specification from p... to X.



enter image description here



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs
usepackagetabularx % for "tabularx" env. and "X" column type

begindocument

begintable
begintabularxtextwidth@ l X @
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second 
 second second second second second second second second \
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth 
 fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
endtabularx
endtable

enddocument





share|improve this answer













As @Werner has already pointed out in a comment, a good candidate solution for your formatting objective would be to load the tabularx package and to employ a tabularx environment (with overall width set to textwidth) instead of tabular. Then, change the first column specification from p... to l, and change the second column specification from p... to X.



enter image description here



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackagebooktabs
usepackagetabularx % for "tabularx" env. and "X" column type

begindocument

begintable
begintabularxtextwidth@ l X @
 toprule
 first & second second second second second second second 
 second second second second second second second second \
 midrule
 third & fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth fourth 
 fourth fourth fourth fourth \
 bottomrule
endtabularx
endtable

enddocument






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    – orient
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  • Thanks very much, Mico. Your idea does provide the solution.

    – orient
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