Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table double Row or more Space

[jono90one]

Hi,
My problem seems a simple one but i haven't been able to figure it out.
Here's the table

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And the command:

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\begin{table}[ht]
\caption{Nonlinear model results}
\centering
\addtolength{\tabcolsep}{-12pt}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c} 
\hline\hline\small{
Capacitor$/pF$  & Measured Time Constant $/\mu s$ & Theoretical Time Constant $/\mu s$ & Improved Time Constant $/\mu }s$\newline  
\hline
0 & 6.12\pm0.06 & 6.12\pm0.06 & - & - \newline 
97 & 11.6\pm0.01 & 4.56\pm0.11 & 10.7\pm0.35 & \newline
205 & 18.6\pm0.14 & 9.64\pm0.21 & 15.7\pm0.50 & \newline
441 & 27.4\pm0.14 & 20.7\pm0.44 & 26.8\pm0.84 & \newline
658 & 36.4\pm0.14 & 30.9\pm0.66 & 37.0\pm1.16 & \newline 
2214 & 105\pm0.14 & 104\pm2 & 110\pm3.45 &  \newline
8250 & 381\pm3 & 388\pm8.3 & 394\pm12.4 &\newline 
\hline
\label{Figure 6}
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

The page width is at its max possible so i can't fiddle with that.

Is it possible to have the top row two cells width worth? So the text that overlaps for the column headings simply goes in the cell below like a wrapped text?

Hope you can help

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

you could use p cells which allow line breaks within. Just use p{width} instead of c. Use \centering for the alignment if needed. This could be done using the array package. For example

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>{\centering}p{2cm}

just instead of c. Further improvements are possible by using booktabs for horizontal lines and siunitx (or dcolumn or rccol) for alignment at symbols.

For explanation and examples regarding this, you could have a look at Creating Tables in LaTeX.

Stefan

[localghost]

I would try another approach.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs,multirow}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\sisetup{%
  load-configurations=abbreviations
}

\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[!ht]
    \caption{Nonlinear model results}\label{fig:nonlinear-model}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{%
      S
      S[separate-uncertainty,table-figures-uncertainty=2]
      S[separate-uncertainty,table-figures-uncertainty=2]
      S[separate-uncertainty,table-figures-uncertainty=2]
    }\toprule
      \multirow{2}{*}{Capacitor} & {Measured Time} & {Theoretical Time} & {Improved Time} \\
       & {Constant} & {Constant} & {Constant} \\
      {\si{\pico\farad}} & {\si{\micro\s}} & {\si{\micro\s}} & {\si{\micro\s}} \\ \midrule
      0 & 6.12(6) & 6.12(6) & {-} \\
      97 & 11.60(1) & 4.56(11) & 10.70(35) \\
      205 & 18.60(14) & 9.64(21) & 15.70(5) \\
      441 & 27.40(14) & 20.70(44) & 26.80(84) \\
      658 & 36.40(14) & 30.90(66) & 37.00(116) \\
      2214 & 105.00(14) & 104.00(200) & 110.00(345) \\
      8250 & 381.00(300) & 388.00(830) & 394.00(124) \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
\end{document}

It's also worth to take a look at the quite new and very sophisticated tabu package.


Thorsten