General ⇒ Annotate Table, inserting footnotes to Tables

[BMAcox]

Hello:

I went thru the help files looking for typeset to add footnotes to particular entries in my table:
\begin{table}
\centering
\caption{My caption}
\small\addtolength{\tabcolsep}{-5pt}
\begin{tabular}{c||c|c|c||c|c||c}
X& x1 & $x2$ & x3 & x4 & x5&x6\\\hline
I & 1& 2& 3 & 4 & 5& 6\\
& (.46) & & & (.16)&&\\
II&1&2&3 & 4&5&6\\
& (.82) & & & (.28)&&\\
III &1&2 &3& 4&5&6\\
& (.63) & & & (.24)&&\\
IV & 1& 2& 3& 4&5& 6\\
& (.39) & & & (.14)&&\\
V & 1& 2& 3& 4&5& 6\\
& (.82) & & & (.39)&&\\
VI & 1& 2& 3& 4&5& 6\\
& (1.15) & & & (2.65)&&\\
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:mytab}
\end{table}

Inserting \footnote{} next to the values did not show the footnote at the end of the table.

Thank you!

[balf]

Use the threeparttable or the ctable package.

B.A.

[BMAcox]

Are \threeparttable and \ctable packages in the base installation of MikTex? How do we check? Does anyone have sample code on how to use these packages to insert footnotes in the table at the bottom of the table? Thank you!

[balf]

Threeparttable is part of the basic distribution: it's a small package included in ltxmisc. The doc consists of (commented) plain text at the beginning of threeparttable.sty. As for ctable, I don't know if it's in the base distribution, but you can check that point using MiKTeX package manager. It includes a doc with examples in pdf format.

Regards,
B.A.

[Juanjo]

At least the ctable package seems well documented. See its manual.

A direct approach to get footnotes in tables is to include them in a minipage. Try this:

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \centering 
  \fbox{% Remove this line to delete the frame
  \begin{minipage}{4.1cm}
    \caption{My caption} \label{tab:mytab}\smallskip
    \small\addtolength{\tabcolsep}{-5pt}
    \begin{tabular}{c||c|c|c||c|c||c}
      X\footnote{A footnote}& x1 & $x2$ & x3 & x4 & x5&x6\\ \hline
      I & 1& 2& 3 & 4 & 5& 6\\
      & (.46) & & & (.16)&&\\
      II&1&2&3 & 4&5&6\\
      & (.82) & & & (.28)&&\\
      III &1&2 &3& 4&5&6\\
      & (.63) & & & (.24)\footnote{Other footnote}&&\\
      IV & 1& 2& 3& 4&5& 6\\
      & (.39) & & & (.14)&&\\
      V & 1& 2& 3& 4&5& 6\\
      & (.82) & & & (.39)&&\\
      VI & 1& 2\footnote{The third one}& 3& 4&5& 6\\
      & (1.15) & & & (2.65)&&\\ \hline
    \end{tabular} 
  \end{minipage}%
  } % Remove this line to delete the frame
\end{table}
\end{document}

This looks better:

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \centering 
  \fbox{% Remove this line to delete the frame
  \begin{minipage}{4.9cm}
    \centering
    \caption{My caption} \label{tab:mytab}\smallskip
    \small\addtolength{\tabcolsep}{-5pt}
    \begin{tabular}{c||c|c|c||c|c||c}
      X\footnote{A footnote}& x1 & $x2$ & x3 & x4 & x5&x6\\ \hline
      I & 1& 2& 3 & 4 & 5& 6\\
      & (.46) & & & (.16)&&\\
      II&1&2&3 & 4&5&6\\
      & (.82) & & & (.28)&&\\
      III &1&2 &3& 4&5&6\\
      & (.63) & & & (.24)\footnote{Other footnote}&&\\
      IV & 1& 2& 3& 4&5& 6\\
      & (.39) & & & (.14)&&\\
      V & 1& 2& 3& 4&5& 6\\
      & (.82) & & & (.39)&&\\
      VI & 1& 2\footnote{The third one}& 3& 4&5& 6\\
      & (1.15) & & & (2.65)&&\\ \hline
    \end{tabular}%
    \vspace{-7pt}\renewcommand{\footnoterule}{}
  \end{minipage}%
  } % Remove this line to delete the frame
\end{table}
\end{document}

[ijc]

I've been trying to sort out the same problem...

I worked out a dirty fix without using minipages.

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\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|r|r|}
\hline
x & x \\
\hline
x & x \\
x & x \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tbl:runtime}
\caption{blah $^1$.}
\end{center}
\end{table}

\footnotetext[1]{foot note blah.}

Obviously you need to have a good idea where your table is going to be...

[darckhart]

I've been using the ctable package and it seems to be working very well so far. My only complaint is that its linespacing is wider and the gap between the bottom of the table and the page text is also wider than for tables you've created the regular way. I haven't figured out which vars to tweak yet, but it's a relatively minor setback for such a handy feature.

[Juanjo]

You may find useful this thread about the same subject.