Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Can Rows Span Facing Pages or Very Large Tables

[yangvp]

I am in need of a way to typeset a very large table. The formatting requirements of the document I'm composing dictate a two-sided layout, with letter paper size.

The total width of the table is about twice \textwidth, and the total height of the table exceeds \textheight. In the past, I have used the packages longtable or supertabular for tables that have too many rows to fit within the height of single page. The current problem is that, additionally, I have too many columns to fit within the width of a single page. I have searched this forum and tug.ctan.org but have found no solution.

Ideally, I would like to have each row span two facing pages. The table would begin on a left-hand page and the last column would appear on the facing right-hand page. Any rows that do not fit within \textheight would begin on the next left-hand page, following a repeated heading row or rows. Unfortunately I have no minimum working example, as I am unaware of how to accomplish what I've described.

What package, if any, could accomplish what I propose? If no such package exists, what package or packages are best suited to base my own custom package on?

Thank you for your attention.

[localghost]

Perhaps either the ledpar or the parallel package can help.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[yangvp]

Thanks for suggesting the ledpar and parallel packages. Between other assignments at work, I've tried each package in turn. So far, ledpar seems more promising for my needs. longtable and supertabular each causes some difficulty when combined with ledpar, particularly along the bottom margin where ledpar reserves some space for footnotes. Sometimes the bottom margin is overrun, and sometimes it seems the page terminates too early, leaving too much blank space at the bottom of the page.

I'm still working on it. It's is less-than-ideal for what I'm after, but I may be able to adapt it. My next attempts will use the tabular environments of ledmac, the package that ledpar extends.