General ⇒ tables, wrapping text inside column

[darckhart]

I am using the p{width} command to set the column widths of my table. However, this command also makes the text inside p justified, which causes unsightly spacing between words. How can I set the width of columns for my table and still keep the text inside the column left-justified (i.e. raggedright)?

ex:

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\begin{tabular}{@{} |p{3cm}|p{3cm}|c|}
Feed flour from hopper to milling pins & Variable (slower) flow rate & 5\\

would result in a disproportionately large space between the words 'feed' and 'flour' just so that it can use up that 3 cm of column width.

[localghost]

You can either try the array or the tabularx package. Both give you better control of columns and their contents. The tabulary package could also be helpful.

[darckhart]

The tabulary package looks useful. I will try that out. Thanks for the recommendations.