Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ m{width} does not work?

[Eenzc]

Hello,

I've got a very simple table with two collumns.

One has a compound name in the next has a picture of it:

I would like the first collumn middle aligned and centered.

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\documentclass[a4paper,oneside,11pt,titlepage]{book}
\usepackage{array} % for m{} in tables
\usepackage[margin=10pt,font=small,labelfont=bf, justification=centering]{caption}
\begin{document}

\chapter{one}
\section{one}

\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|m{4cm}|c|}
\hline
Compound & Structure			\\
\hline
Name		& \includegraphics[width = 6cm]{Picture.png}	\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{.}
\label{Table:Two_Letter_Code}
\end{table}

\end{document}

This doesn't work.

The column on the left is bottle left aligned and not middle center as intended, its probably something to do with including the graphics.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

try:

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\begin{tabular}{|>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{4cm}|c|}
...
Name      & \parbox{6cm}{\includegraphics[width = 6cm]{Picture.png}}   \\
...

The bottom line of the picture would be aligned, that's why I've put \parbox around, its baseline is in its center.

Stefan

[Eenzc]

Thanks that works, I don't know how or why... but it works and thats the main thing.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Well, the alignment just depends on where to align. Graphics by \includegraphics will be aligned at their bottom, just like a big letter or normal symbol. That's why we see the effect that the graphic is higher and the other aligned text is set lower. \parbox has an optional parameter that can be used to decide where to align:

t - alignment at the top of the box
b - alignment at the bottom of the box
c - alignment at the vertical center, default, also if this parameter is not used.

Actually \parbox takes up to 5 parameters, 3 of them optional.

Stefan