Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Centre a table column heading?

[stinkinrich88]

Hello,

How do I centre the column headings in a table, please?

Thank you,

Richard

Oh, p.s. Do you think column headings should be centred? It's a very simple table containing text for my final year project report.

[localghost]

[...] Oh, p.s. Do you think column headings should be centred? It's a very simple table containing text for my final year project report.

I wonder what keeps you from presenting the code for that table. It would make things easier to see.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[stinkinrich88]

Apologies, the code is below:

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\begin{tabular}{|l|l|p{4.8cm}|}
	\hline
	col1 & col2 & col3 \\ \hline
	1 & Some text & A sentence in this cell. \\ \hline
	2 & More text & \multirow{2}{4.8cm}{A sentence text describing two rows} \\ \cline{1-2}
	3 & More text & \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

[localghost]

You can center the column headings with a trick.

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\begin{tabular}{|c|l|p{4.8cm}|} \hline
   col1 & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{col2} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{col3} \\ \hline
   1 & Some text & A sentence in this cell. \\ \hline
   2 & More text & \multirow{2}{4.8cm}{A sentence text describing two rows} \\ \cline{1-2}
   3 & More text & \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

Think about tables without vertical lines and take a look at the booktabs package.

[stinkinrich88]

ahh neat-o, thanks! I tried something like this before but the vertical lines were a *tiny* bit out of line. Thank you very much, I'll definitely take a look at that package, too!