Text Formatting ⇒ Truncating overlong lines in table

[retek]

Dear list,

I don't know if it is possible at all in latex, but I would like to cut off too wide or overlong lines in a table.

This is what I have now :

|001|short |
|001|too long a|nd can even go off the page

(vertical lines at the end are the "logical/desired" borders of the table - actually displayed as below)


And this is what I am looking for :

|001|short |
|001|too long..|

Sample :

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\begin{document}

\section*{Current}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|p{10mm}|X|}
\hline
001 & short text \\
\hline
002 & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{very long text, say, overlong, and now I'm just trying to fill this up so that it will be really overlong}\\
\hline
\end{tabularx}

\section*{Desired}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|p{10mm}|X|}
\hline
001 & short text \\
\hline
002 & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{very long text, say, overlong, and now I'm just trying to fill  \ldots}\\
\hline
\end{tabularx}

\end{document}

I need to use multicolumn for some reasons
+ I can't use two lines for one entry...

Although, I have never hear about omitting text in latex, I would be really grateful if someone out there could tell me if it is possible at all.

Thanks in advance,

retek

[gmedina]

Hi

try something like this:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|p{10mm}|X|}
  \hline
  001 & short text \\\hline
  002 & \multicolumn{1}{X|}{very long text, say, overlong, and now I'm just trying to fill   
    this up so that it will be really overlong}\\\hline
\end{tabularx}

\end{document}