Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table with Fixed-width columns extends rulers

[Silver]

Hi,

In the past I used the command p{4cm} with tabular to fix all the column widths in a table. This used to work, when required for uniform tables and proper wrapping. After an upgrade to WinEdt6 and MikTex2.9 (and several packages with that) it appears to bug out.

I use the code example below (actually from another site), and include the pdf with the result. At first the code appears to work, but when I add the \hline or rules it shows the real problem. I use a minimum of packages compared to my ongoing work, but the problem persists.

Is there a remedy for this or am I doing something wrong??

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\section{Work Experience}

\begin{tabular}{>{\hfill}p{5cm}|p{11cm}}
    \hline
  Current & Your job at Your Company, Town \\
  Jan 2009 & What your company does \\
  & A description of what you do\\
  \multicolumn{2}{c}{}
\end{tabular}


\end{document}

[localghost]

[…] I use the code example below (actually from another site), and include the pdf with the result. At first the code appears to work, but when I add the \hline or rules it shows the real problem. […]

This code never worked properly. The \hrule command only revealed that. See warnings in the log file.

[…] Is there a remedy for this or am I doing something wrong? […]

Depends on what you want to achieve. Seems like you are writing a CV. So you should take a look at some classes or packages which support this [1].

[1] The TeX Catalogue Online, Topic Index: Writing Applications for a Job / CV


Thorsten

[Silver]

Hi Thorsten

Aye, you were right on the spot with the \hline just revealing the problem. Sloppy of me to present an example with an unintended bug, and not the real issue.

With your input however I managed to find the cause of the real problem: \usepackage{pdfsync}. Try the code below with and without \usepackage{pdfsync}...

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{scrartcl}
\pdfminorversion=6 %
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{multicol}

%\usepackage{pdfsync}

\pagestyle{plain}

\begin{document}

\section{Work Experience}

\begin{tabular}{p{3cm}|p{5cm}}
\hline
Current & Your job at Your Company, Town \\
Jan 2009 & What your company does \\
& A description of what you do\\
\multicolumn{2}{c}{}
\end{tabular}

\begin{tabular}{p{2.7cm}p{2.7cm}p{3.7cm}}
\hline
Revision & Author & Change note \\
\hline
1.0 & Daniel Löfgren & Release 1. \\
blahblah & Daniel Löfgren & Added chapter (flanges) \\
& & Added chapter (rings) \\
& &
\end{tabular}
\newline
\newline


\end{document}

[localghost]

The pdfsync package can be considered obsolete since nowadays modern compiler engines support the SyncTeX technology. In combination with an appropriate editor this works better.