Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Center Data in Table Cell containing Text

[nenu28]

Hi,

I would like to create a table containing text and data in the center of the cell, like this example : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday should be placed at the center of the cell. The same for the temperature data. But the text no change !!

Thanks in advance for your suggestion.

Here is the code of the example

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\begin{center}
    \begin{tabular}{ | l | l | l | p{5cm} |}
    \hline
    Day & Min Temp & Max Temp & Summary \\ \hline
    Monday & 11C & 22C & A clear day with lots of sunshine.  
    However, the strong breeze will bring down the temperatures. \\ \hline
    Tuesday & 9C & 19C & Cloudy with rain, across many northern regions. Clear spells
    across most of Scotland and Northern Ireland,
    but rain reaching the far northwest. \\ \hline
    Wednesday & 10C & 21C & Rain will still linger for the morning.
    Conditions will improve by early afternoon and continue
    throughout the evening. \\
    \hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{center}

\end{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

for horizontal centering use c columns instead of l, such as

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\begin{tabular}{ | c | c | c | p{5cm} |}

For vertical centering you could use m columns with the array package, such as

\usepackage{array}

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\begin{tabular}{ | m{2cm} | m{2cm} | m{2cm} | p{5cm} |}

For getting both, you could define a new style, further use m instead of p:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{#1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
    \begin{tabular}{ | C{2cm} | C{2cm} | C{2cm} | m{5cm} |}
    \hline
    Day & Min Temp & Max Temp & Summary \\ \hline
    Monday & 11C & 22C & A clear day with lots of sunshine. 
    However, the strong breeze will bring down the temperatures. \\ \hline
    Tuesday & 9C & 19C & Cloudy with rain, across many northern regions. Clear spells
    across most of Scotland and Northern Ireland,
    but rain reaching the far northwest. \\ \hline
    Wednesday & 10C & 21C & Rain will still linger for the morning.
    Conditions will improve by early afternoon and continue
    throughout the evening. \\
    \hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}
\end{document}

Stefan

[nenu28]

Thank you so much M. stefan K. It works !