Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Center align lists in cells

[bstex]

Hi,
I'm trying to center align the lists inside the cells of a table.
Till now, I have this:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{book}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|>{\centering\arraybackslash} m{10em}|>{\centering\arraybackslash} m{8em}|>{\centering\arraybackslash} m{9em}|}
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{A} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{B} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{C} \\

\begin{enumerate}
\item [A.] text
\item [D.] text
\item [E.] text
\end{enumerate}
&
\begin{enumerate}[label=\textbf{\arabic*.}]
\item text
\item text
\item text
\end{enumerate}
&
\begin{enumerate}
\item [B -] text
\item [C -] text
\item [F -] text
\end{enumerate}
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

which produces this:

Screen Shot 2018-01-19 at 20.20.41.png (17.14 KiB) Viewed 5998 times

Why lists don't cooperate with the center-align? Any help?

Also, a general question about tables:
Is there any way to remove the space which appears under the last row of the table? It always seems like there is an extra empty row under the last text.

Thank you.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

\centering within the enumerate environment works:

\begin{enumerate}\centering ...

It seems like there is an extra line because there's a space before and after enumerate lists. enumerate is for numbered lists, but is not designed for using in table cells.

Stefan

[bstex]

I must have been misunderstood. Sorry, my fault.
I need the lists to be as they are right now (left-aligned), but the whole list to be placed in the center of the cell.
I mean something like this:

Screen Shot 2018-01-19 at 22.11.08.png (19.01 KiB) Viewed 5991 times

Thank you, Stefan!

[bstex]

Since you told me about the enumerate conflict with tables, I will remove the enumerate and insert the text as a plain text and not as a list.
Thank you again.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

A not so easy workaround: putting the enumerate in a minipage or use \parbox, estimate the width, or calculate it, such as:

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\usepackage{varwidth}
\newlength\lenA
\newsavebox\boxA
\savebox\boxA{\begin{varwidth}{\textwidth}[A.]\qquad text text\end{varwidth}}
\setlength\lenA{\the\wd\boxA}
% above goes to the preamble
...
%in the table cell:
\parbox{\lenA}{%
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item [A.] text text
  \item [D.] text
  \item [E.] text
  \end{enumerate}}
...

Complete code for testing:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{book}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\usepackage{varwidth}
\newlength\lenA
\newsavebox\boxA
\savebox\boxA{\begin{varwidth}{\textwidth}[A.]\qquad text text\end{varwidth}}
\setlength\lenA{\the\wd\boxA}

\begin{document}
 
\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|>{\centering\arraybackslash} m{10em}|>{\centering\arraybackslash} m{8em}|>{\centering\arraybackslash} m{9em}|}
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{A} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{B} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{C} \\
 
\parbox{\lenA}{%
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item [A.] text text
  \item [D.] text
  \item [E.] text
  \end{enumerate}}
&
\begin{enumerate}[label=\textbf{\arabic*.}]
\item text
\item text
\item text
\end{enumerate}%
&
\begin{enumerate}
\item [B -] text
\item [C -] text
\item [F -] text
\end{enumerate}%
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
 
\end{document}

But yes, simple text would be much easier.

Stefan

[bstex]

Thanks.
I'll give a shot that solution too.