Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ one table with two columns

[rudrales]

I've one table but the table uses only the half of the the page width. I think it's waste of space.

Does somebody know a command that the table can be split up into two columns? Or do I have to write the table with two columns from the begin?

I used these code for the table:

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\begin{table}
  \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
    Names & Values & Type \\
    Names & Values & Type \\
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}

At the end, it should look like this:
|Names | Values | Type | |Names | Values | Type |


Thank you for your trouble

[localghost]

Manual splitting is the only idea I have at the moment. You could typeset two tables side by side.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{lmodern}

\parindent0em

\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[!ht]
    \centering
    \caption{A table split into two columns}\label{tab:split}
    \begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
      Names & Values & Type \\ \midrule
      rudrales & 1 & \LaTeX\ newbie \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
    \hspace{1cm}
    \begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
      Names & Values & Type \\ \midrule
      rudrales & 1 & \LaTeX\ newbie \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
\end{document}

An alternative could be to make the surrounding text wrap the table by using the wrapfig package.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\parindent0em

\begin{document}
  \begin{wraptable}{l}{7cm}
    \centering
    \caption{A wrapped table}\label{tab:wrap}
    \begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
      Names & Values & Type \\ \midrule
      rudrales & 1 & \LaTeX\ newbie \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
  \end{wraptable}
  \blindtext
\end{document}

Best regards
Thorsten¹

[rudrales]

Thank you Thorsten for the answer

The first given advice looks how I want it but I've to split the table. I don't like it because I'm increasing the table constant. If I don't find an other solution I'll write the code how you gave me advice.

The second proposal doesn't work. I've the following error: LaTeX Error: File 'blindtext.sty' not found. How can I fix the error?

[localghost]

[...]The second proposal doesn't work. I've the following error: LaTeX Error: File 'blindtext.sty' not found. How can I fix the error?

The blindtext package is for producing longer text passages and other demonstration purposes. You don't really need it. But you can install it with the package of your LaTeX distribution.

[rudrales]

I'm a beginner. I don't know how to install single package. I installed only the gwTeX. I don't know what that's but the LaTeX works in principle.

I deleted the blindtext package from the code and I could "compile" the source code but the tables are stacked. Do I overlook something?

[localghost]

I'm a beginner. I don't know how to install single package. I installed only the gwTeX. I don't know what that's but the LaTeX works in principle. [...]

I don't have any experience with TeX on a Mac. It seems that your distribution is outdated [1]. Packages should be kept up-to-date. So I suggest to take a look at MacTeX.

[...] I deleted the blindtext package from the code and I could "compile" the source code but the tables are stacked. Do I overlook something?

It goes without saying that you have to replace the \blindtext command with your own text. Here is the last example without the blindtext package.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{wrapfig}

\parindent0em

\begin{document}
  \begin{wraptable}{l}{7cm}
    \centering
    \caption{A wrapped table}\label{tab:wrap}
    \begin{tabular}{lll}\toprule
      Names & Values & Type \\ \midrule
      rudrales & 1 & \LaTeX\ newbie \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
  \end{wraptable}
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\end{document}

[1] i-Installer Home page

[rudrales]

Thank you, Thorsten. Everything is working fine. I'm going to try the TeXMac. I knew the i-Installer is outdated but I thought also an older version is good enough for my begin with LaTeX.