Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Multi-Column Float Tables

[insipidtoast]

Is it possible to have multi-columns in a float table(s)? If so, how?

As I understand, the float table can be placed automatically by Latex to find the best possible position within a "Section" based on its algorithm. That way you don't have to worry about latex making a big gap at the bottom of one page, so it can fit the tables on the next page.

Why won't Latex do like Microsoft word does, and just put a few lines of a table on one page, and then finish up the rest of the table on the next page?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Why won't Latex do like Microsoft word does, and just put a few lines of a table on one page, and then finish up the rest of the table on the next page?

Word is, as a commercial product, focused on being easily used by everybody, even without good computer skills, to sell much. So it just breaks a table.

LaTeX is focused at best output quality, layout design and text structure, even if it requires some learning to use it. Of course it provides ways for page breaks in tables, with Continued captions and more features. For example, there's the longtable package. But different topics should be discussed in different threads. So if you have follow-up questions regarding multi-page tables, better not continue in this topic about multi-column floats, but create another thread.

Stefan

[cgnieder]

Is it possible to have multi-columns in a float table(s)? If so, how?

Do you mean something like this?

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{lipsum}% for dummy text

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]

\begin{table}[ht]
 \caption{A twocolumned ``table''.}
 \centering
 \begin{minipage}{.8\linewidth}
 \begin{multicols}{2}
  \lipsum[2]
 \end{multicols}
 \end{minipage}
\end{table}

\lipsum[3]
\end{document}

Regards

[insipidtoast]

Is it possible to have multi-columns in a float table(s)? If so, how?

Do you mean something like this?

Code: Select all

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{lipsum}% for dummy text

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]

\begin{table}[ht]
 \caption{A twocolumned ``table''.}
 \centering
 \begin{minipage}{.8\linewidth}
 \begin{multicols}{2}
  \lipsum[2]
 \end{multicols}
 \end{minipage}
\end{table}

\lipsum[3]
\end{document}

Regards

I can't say, because I haven't figured out how to enter this into a lyx document so that I can actually see what it represents.

[cgnieder]

Here is how my code from above looks:

twocoltbl.png (85.61 KiB) Viewed 4705 times

[insipidtoast]

Yes, I'm basically asking if you can have that multicolumn part as a float? Obviously mine would be tables.

[cgnieder]

The table environment is a float. As you can see you can basically place everything in there.

Regards