I have tried adding footnotes to a table using minipage command (I found it on a string in this community). Unfortunately it is not working at all. Below is my code. Suggestions?
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Adding footnotes to Tables
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Re: Adding footnotes to Tables
Use the threeparttable or ctable packages, they're done for that (and more in the case of ctable).
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Adding footnotes to Tables
BNPadgett, the thread to which you refer is this one. Choose one of the following approaches:
1.- Direct approach
The width of the minipage should be equal or a bit bigger than that of the table. This is the unique parameter you have to fix.
You could put the \caption command inside the minipage environment, but this looks bad for narrow tables.
2.- Using the threeparttable package
Put this in the preamble:
and this in the body of the document:
The \caption command can go inside the threeparttable environment, which yields bad results for too narrow tables.
3.- Using the ctable package
Put this in the preamble:
and this in the body of the document:
By default, the width of the caption is that of the table, which, once again, is problematic for narrow tables. It can be adjusted through the mincapwidth key. Uncomment the corresponding line and try with different values. But, look what happens to the footnotes when you increase mincapwidth to improve the appearance of the caption... Surprise! They move to the left, far away from the table. By the way, since ctable and threeparttable both use the \tnote command, these packages are not compatible without some hack.
Summarizing, test the three alternatives and choose which you want.
1.- Direct approach
\begin{table} \centering \caption{Composition of AA2099}\label{2099comp} \smallskip \begin{minipage}{3.3cm} \centering \begin{tabular}{cc} \hline\hline Element & wt\% \\ \hline\hline Al\footnote{PHTTTT!!!} & bal \\ Cu & 2.69 \\ Li & 1.8 \\ Zn\footnote{blahblah} & 0.6 \\ Mg & 0.3 \\ Mn & 0.3 \\ Zr & 0.08 \\ \hline \end{tabular}\par \vspace{-0.75\skip\footins} \renewcommand{\footnoterule}{} \end{minipage} \end{table}
The width of the minipage should be equal or a bit bigger than that of the table. This is the unique parameter you have to fix.
You could put the \caption command inside the minipage environment, but this looks bad for narrow tables.
2.- Using the threeparttable package
Put this in the preamble:
\usepackage{threeparttable}
and this in the body of the document:
\begin{table} \centering \caption{Composition of AA2099}\label{2099comp} \smallskip \begin{threeparttable} \begin{tabular}{cc} \hline\hline Element & wt\% \\ \hline\hline Al\tnote{a} & bal \\ Cu & 2.69 \\ Li & 1.8 \\ Zn\tnote{b} & 0.6 \\ Mg & 0.3 \\ Mn & 0.3 \\ Zr & 0.08 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \begin{tablenotes} \item[a] PHTTTT!!! \item[b] blahblah \end{tablenotes} \end{threeparttable} \end{table}
The \caption command can go inside the threeparttable environment, which yields bad results for too narrow tables.
3.- Using the ctable package
Put this in the preamble:
\usepackage{ctable}
and this in the body of the document:
\ctable[ caption=Composition of AA2099, label=2099comp, %mincapwidth=3 cm, captionskip=\smallskipamount]{cc}% {\tnote[a]{PHTTTT!!!} \tnote[b]{blahblah}} { \hline\hline Element & wt\% \\ \hline\hline Al\tmark[a] & bal \\ Cu & 2.69 \\ Li & 1.8 \\ Zn\tmark[b] & 0.6 \\ Mg & 0.3 \\ Mn & 0.3 \\ Zr & 0.08 \LL}
By default, the width of the caption is that of the table, which, once again, is problematic for narrow tables. It can be adjusted through the mincapwidth key. Uncomment the corresponding line and try with different values. But, look what happens to the footnotes when you increase mincapwidth to improve the appearance of the caption... Surprise! They move to the left, far away from the table. By the way, since ctable and threeparttable both use the \tnote command, these packages are not compatible without some hack.
Summarizing, test the three alternatives and choose which you want.
Last edited by Juanjo on Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Adding footnotes to Tables
Thanks so much! I got it working. Good suggestions.
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Re: Adding footnotes to Tables
Does anyone have a fix for this?
This table goes center aligned:
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ll}
a & b \\
c & d \\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
This one does not:
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
a & b \\
c & d \\
\end{tabular}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
The moment I use threeparttable (with or without tablenotes, with \centering or \begin{center}), the caption stays centered but the table including notes go left aligned. I want the caption and table in the center. How do I fix this?
This table goes center aligned:
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ll}
a & b \\
c & d \\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
This one does not:
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
a & b \\
c & d \\
\end{tabular}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
The moment I use threeparttable (with or without tablenotes, with \centering or \begin{center}), the caption stays centered but the table including notes go left aligned. I want the caption and table in the center. How do I fix this?
Adding footnotes to Tables
I get both tables centered. Please, could you provide a complete minimal working example, not just a code snippet?
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