Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Excel-like tables of experimental data

[Cham]

Johannes,

there are 2 things I need to understand :

1. Why the \noindent after the \begin{center} ? Apparently, this does nothing.
2. How did you choose the 0.8\linewidth after \begin{minipage} ? Currently, the main table isn't exactly centered on the page (within the margins).

[Johannes_B]

1. Correct, i added the center environment later and missed removing the \noindent.

2. .8 Seemed to be a reasonable good value. You need to fiddle a bit to visually center. Due to the asymetry of the table, it will always look a bit crooked (i guess).

[Cham]

Then what is the 0.x\linewidth parameter doing ? I don't see clearly the logic of it, after playing with it. There's surely a way to center a table on the page. The align environment was doing it perfectly.

[Johannes_B]

You could place both tabular environments into a thirs as two different lines and center that tabular. BUt agreed, using align seems to be simpler though there are reasons presented above that warn.

.8 was just a random value.