Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ New Line Formatting in Table Headers

[sw3quant]

For a table (such as my MWE below), the header names are all shown on the same line.

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\begin{longtable}{ccc}
\toprule
header name 1 & header name 2 & header name 3\\
\toprule
\endhead
\bottomrule
\endfoot
\\
\\
val1
val2
val3
\\
\end{longtable}

when I try and use "\\" to induce a new line between each it doesnt work.

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\begin{longtable}{ccc}
\toprule
header \\name \\1 & header\\ name\\ 2 & header \\name\\ 3\\
\toprule
\endhead
\bottomrule
\endfoot
\\
\\
val1
val2
val3
\\
\end{longtable}

what I would like is header name N, all under one another. The problem is my real work has long headers and they all dont fit on the page.

many thanks

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

for line breaking in cells use paragraph cells, such as with p{3cm} instead of c columns.

You could also use \multicolumn for single cells in c columns, such as

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\multicolumn{1}{p{3cm}}{header\\text}

Stefan