Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Centering Text in Tables - Could not find answer

[cirasj]

I hope I am not annoying anyone with this question. There seems to have been some discussion in the past about it. What I am trying to to is center text in a table and also give the columns defined widths with no luck. I have tried defining \newcolumntype{Z}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X} with no luck.

Here is the code.

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\begin{sidewaystable}             
  \centering
  \caption{Add caption}
\begin{tabular}{p{.56in}|p{1.0in}|p{.75in}|p{.875in}|p{.875in}|p{.75in}|p{.625in}|p{.625in}}
    \bfseries Grade and Class & {\bfseries Dia (in)} & {\bfseries Tensile min (ksi)} & {\bfseries Yield 0.2\% Offset (min)} & {\bfseries Elongation in 2 in. (\%)} & {\bfseries Reduction of Area (\%)} & \multicolumn{ 2}{c}{{\bfseries Hardness Max}} \\\hline
     &       &  &  &  &  & {\bfseries{\underline{Brinell}} & {\bfseries{\underline{Rockwell}} \\
    Class 1\footnote{B8, B8C, B8M, B8P, B8T, B8LN, B8MLN} & All   & 75    & 30    & 30    & 50    & 223   & B96 \\ \hline
    Class 2\footnote{B8, B8C, B8P, B8T, B8N} & to ¾  & 125   & 100   & 12    & 35    & 321   & C35 \\
     & over ¾ to 1 & 115   & 80    & 15    & 35    & 321   & C35 \\
     & over 1 to 1 1/2 & 100   & 50    & 28    & 45    & 321   & C35 \\ \hline
    \end{tabular}
  \label{tab:addlabel}
\end{sidewaystable}

Thank you for your help

[frabjous]

In the future, please always provide a complete minimal working example -- it is no fun trying to guess what is needed and what isn't to make your sample work. You'd also discover errors in your code, such as the missing end braces near where you have "Brinell" and "Rockwell".

It's a pain to do over and over, but it should work to do:

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    \begin{tabular}{>{\centering}p{.56in}
                    |>{\centering}p{1.0in}
                    |>{\centering}p{.75in}
                    |>{\centering}p{.875in}
                    |>{\centering}p{.875in}
                    |>{\centering}p{.75in}
                    |>{\centering}p{.625in}
                    |>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{.625in}}

Or at least I can't see any reason why that shouldn't work, if the array package is loaded anyway. You might have other options with other packages, but it's not clear from your snippet what your requirements and packages are.

[localghost]

[…] There seems to have been some discussion in the past about it. […]

And you could have found the answer by doing a search in the forum.

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Thorsten

[cirasj]

Thank you.