Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Horizontal and vertical alignment in tables with long text

[Fibonacci]

Hello.

I'm trying to make a table in which the text of the first column is aligned to the top right, and the text of the second (which can span multiple lines) is centered. This is what I've tried so far:

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\begin{tabular}{|r|p{3cm}|} \hline
Top right & {Some text\newline Some text} \\ \hline
Much longer line & {Some text\newline Some text} \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

That fails because "Some text" is not centered.

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\usepackage{multirow}
...
\begin{tabular}{|r|c|} \hline
\multirow{2}{*}{Top right} & Some text\\ 
                           & Some text\\ \hline
\multirow{2}{*}{Much longer line} & Some text\\
                                  & Some text\\ \hline
\end{tabular}

That fails because the text on the first column is vertically centered – I need it on the top part of the cells.

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\usepackage{multirow}
...
\begin{tabular}{|p{3cm}|c|} \hline
\multirow{2}{*}{Top right} & Some text\\ 
                           & Some text\\ \hline
\multirow{2}{*}{Much longer line} & Some text\\
                                  & Some text\\ \hline
\end{tabular}

That fails even worse, because the text on the first column is left-aligned AND vertically centered.

How can I achieve such a result?

Thanks in advance.

[frabjous]

I think you probably want something like this:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|r|>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{3cm}|} \hline
Top right &Some text\linebreak Some text\\ \hline
Much longer line &Some text\linebreak Some text\\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

[Fibonacci]

Unfortunately, that stops working when I merge some of the cells:

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\begin{tabular}{|r|>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{3cm}|} \hline
Top right & \multirow{2}{*}{Some text\linebreak Some text}\\ \cline{1-1}
Much longer line & \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

Now the text on the second column has no linebreaks, does not wrap, and is not centered.

How can I solve that?

[frabjous]

I didn't know about that before, but it looks like if you use a multirow in a p column you need to manually re-insert the parbox on the inside:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|r|>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{3cm}|} \hline
Top right & \multirow{2}{*}{\parbox{3cm}{\centering Some text\linebreak Some text}}\\ \cline{1-1}
Much longer line & \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}