Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Tables spanning multiple 'columns'

[sai2020]

I have a long table that is not wide. The page is more than three times the width of the table so I'd like to make the table into three columns. But how?

I tried the multicol package. But when I use it, the table simply disappears. Here's the code:

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\begin{multicols}{3}
\begin{table}[h!]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c||c| p{2cm} |} \hline
\textbf{Figure} & \textbf{Page} & \textbf{From} \\ \hline \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:Articles} & Page \pageref{Fig:Articles} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{Fiebig}\\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:FMag} & Page \pageref{Fig:FMag} & Wikipedia \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:AFMag} & Page \pageref{Fig:AFMag} & Wikipedia \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:FerriMag} & Page \pageref{Fig:FerriMag} & Wikipedia \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:SpinStructures} & Page \pageref{Fig:SpinStructures} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraReview} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:InvSymmBreak} & Page \pageref{Fig:InvSymmBreak} & Modified from Fig~\ref{Fig:SpinStructures} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:SymmBreak} & Page \pageref{Fig:SymmBreak} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{Mathur} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:BiFeO3} & Page \pageref{Fig:BiFeO3} & Ref Unkwn \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMnO3Struct} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMnO3Struct} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraReview} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMnO3SpecHeat} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMnO3SpecHeat} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraReview} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMnO3Inter} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMnO3Inter} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraReview} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMnO3FinalStruct} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMnO3FinalStruct} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraReview} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:Cycloidal} & Page \pageref{Fig:Cycloidal} & Me \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:DMI} & Page \pageref{Fig:DMI} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{CheongReview} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:DMISpiral} & Page \pageref{Fig:DMISpiral} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraReview} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:Flop} & Page \pageref{Fig:Flop} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraReview} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:AllAxes} & Page \pageref{Fig:AllAxes} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraReview} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMnO3PhaseD} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMnO3PhaseD} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraPhase} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:DyMnO3PhaseD} & Page \pageref{Fig:DyMnO3PhaseD} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraPhase} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:GdMnO3PhaseD} & Page \pageref{Fig:GdMnO3PhaseD} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraPhase} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:GdMnO3FElec} & Page \pageref{Fig:GdMnO3FElec} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{KimuraPhase} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMn2O5Struct} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMn2O5Struct} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{Wang} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMn2O5Data} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMn2O5Data} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{Hur} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMn2O5Flip} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMn2O5Flip} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{Hur} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMn2O5Pressure} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMn2O5Pressure} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{delaCruzPressure} \\ \hline
Figure~\ref{Fig:TbMn2O5PressurePhaseD} & Page \pageref{Fig:TbMn2O5PressurePhaseD} & Ref \hspace{1pt} \cite{delaCruzPressure} \\ \hline
\end{tabular} \end{center} \caption{Image credits}
\end{table}
\end{multicols}

What am I doing wrong?

[localghost]

I wonder why you don't simply use the \listoffigures command. With tocloft you can customize the LoF to make it appear similar to the output of your table.

If you want to stay with that table, use the table* environment for a multicolumn document.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[sai2020]

Oh I don't mind using tocloft. But can you show me an example of how it's done?

[localghost]

Oh I don't mind using tocloft. But can you show me an example of how it's done?

I couldn't explain better than the package manual does.

[sai2020]

Oh Never mind. I just decided to use 9 columns and fill in accordingly..

[localghost]

This example with tocloft shows how it could be done.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\hypersetup{%
  colorlinks=true,
  linktocpage
}

\renewcommand{\cftfigpresnum}{Figure }
\newlength{\figwidth}
\settowidth{\figwidth}{\cftfigpresnum\cftfigaftersnum}
\addtolength{\cftfignumwidth}{\figwidth}
\renewcommand{\cfttabpresnum}{Table }
\newlength{\tabwidth}
\settowidth{\tabwidth}{\cfttabpresnum\cfttabaftersnum}
\addtolength{\cfttabnumwidth}{\tabwidth}


\begin{document}
  \listoffigures
  \listoftables

  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{0.75\textwidth}{0.5\textwidth}
    \caption[Dummy figure]{Dummy figure~\cite{dummy}}\label{fig:dummy}
  \end{figure}

  \begin{table}[!ht]
    \caption[Dummy table]{Dummy table~\cite{dummy}}\label{tab:dummy}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{ccc}\toprule
      Table Head & Table Head & Table Head  \\ \midrule
      Some Values & Some Values & Some Values \\
      Some Values & Some Values & Some Values \\
      Some Values & Some Values & Some Values \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
  \end{table}

  \begin{thebibliography}{99}
    \bibitem{dummy} A.\ Dummy: \LaTeX\ for Dummies, 2009.
  \end{thebibliography}
\end{document}

This is only a suggestion how to associate floats with references.