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Dear all

I found the solution to the problem in a document publish by Lapo Filippo Mori, entitle Tables in LATEX2e: Packages and Methods . I just need to use the command \makebox[width][alignment]{text} . Please find below my final solution.

Best regards
Nuno Araújo

\documentclass[a4paper ...

Thank Thorsten for your kind welcome

Regarding my column widths, given values are just an example. But what you have point me out explain the reason why a bad box was being reported! In the code bellow I changed the relations between the columns widths to overcome the problem you reported.

What I ...

The look of the table is correct, but I would like to control, if possible, the width of the columns. I can control table width (50 mm) but not the column width. Is there a way to do it?

I’m new in the forum and I was not aware of that rule. Please find bellow a MWE of my problem.

Regards
Nuno

\documentclass[a4paper,twoside,twocolumn,openright]{book}

\usepackage{ctable}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\setlength{\columnwidth}{50mm}

\begin{document}

\ctable[caption = Long title,
cap ...

First of all, my apologies for the late reply. The class and packages I’m using are:

\documentclass[a4paper,twoside,twocolumn,openright]{book}
\usepackage[portuges,UKenglish]{babel}
\usepackage{fontenc}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage{ucs ...

Dear LaTeX users

I need to define a table that imitable the one in figure table.eps. The table must be 50 mm width (column width also controlled according to the drawing), numbers must be aligned by the dot, and the titles must be centered. I'm trying to do it using packages ctable and tabularx ...