Dear all,
I'm trying very hard for the last few hours and so far with no success...
I would like to split only part of a page into two columns, s.t. at one side will contain text (math text) and on the other one a corresponding figure. I'm attaching an example of how I would like it to be which was generated using OpenOffice. The best would be to have a big table.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Dror
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Spliting page into two columns
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Spliting page into two columns
Hi Dror,
welcome to the board!
You could use tabularx for this, for example:
Stefan
welcome to the board!
You could use tabularx for this, for example:
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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}\usepackage{tabularx}\begin{document}Here comes the regular test. No problemsNow I want to split the page into two columns:\bigskip\noindent\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{XX}First flower, with properties:\begin{enumerate}\item White\item Blue\end{enumerate} & \rule[-5cm]{5cm}{5cm} \\Second Flower:\begin{itemize}\item Purple\item Yellow\end{itemize} & \rule[-5cm]{5cm}{5cm}\end{tabularx}\end{document}
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Spliting page into two columns
Thanks for the quick answer! I've already found a solution, using tabular. For example:
But, now I have a new problem - once the table gets to long, it doesn't break it automatically. Any ideas?
All the best,
Dror
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Code, edit and compile here:
\begin{tabular}{|p{0.47\linewidth}|p{0.4\linewidth}|}\hline\begin{enumerate}\item First item\item Second item\end{enumerate} &\begin{itemize}\item one can get rid of the lines\item one can put a figure here\end{itemize}\\\hline\end{tabular}
All the best,
Dror
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Spliting page into two columns
Hi Dror,
minipages next to each other would be an alternative way.
If you want to use a table that continues on the next page you could use the longtable-package.
Stefan
minipages next to each other would be an alternative way.
If you want to use a table that continues on the next page you could use the longtable-package.
Stefan
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