Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ footnote in tables

[rudrales]

Hi

I want to use a footnote in a table. The number of the footnote appears in the table but the footnote text doesn't at the end of the page. Do I have to use an other command in tables or what am I doing wrong?

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\begin{table}[htbp]
	\begin{center}
	\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
		\hline
		Measurement  &Value\footnote{comment}\\
		\hline\hline
		MVL1	 & 269\\
		MVL2	 & 568\\
		MVL3	 & 269\\
		MVL4	 & 600\\
		\hline
	\end{tabular}
	\end{center}
	\caption{Measurement 1}
	\label{Measurement 1}
\end{table}

Thanks for the help!

[olofos]

Unfortunately normal latex footnotes don't work inside a table. A number of workarounds are available in the FAQ.

[rudrales]

Thanks for the help but it wasn't what I was looking for.

[daleif]

well, it is actually, beacause you should not be using footnotes inside a table. Notes in a table are 'tablenotes' and are meant to come immediately after the table, not at the bottom of the page.

These types of notes are a well defined entity described in all typographical manuals.

For this the threeparttable construction is well suited.

[localghost]

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

\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[!ht]
    \caption{Measurement 1}\label{tab:m1}
    \centering
    \begin{varwidth}{\linewidth}
      \begin{tabular}{llll} \toprule
        Measurement & Value\footnote{comment} & Value\footnote{comment} & Value\footnote{comment} \\ \midrule
        MVL1 & 269 & 781 & 354 \\
        MVL2 & 568 & 217 & 493 \\
        MVL3 & 269 & 387 & 154 \\
        MVL4 & 598 & 312 & 746 \\ \bottomrule
      \end{tabular}
    \end{varwidth}
  \end{table}
\end{document}

Best regards
Thorsten¹

[rudrales]

Aha, tablenotes! Thanks for the help and the example.

[daleif]

one problem with localghosts example, is that the footnote marker takes up space, and thus may screw up alignment.

If several items need the same marker, you need to know how to make a footnote with a specific number.

much easier with threeparttable (though the package is not perfect)

[Juanjo]

There are some old threads about table notes, like this one, which may be helpful.