[comp.text] Tables in LaTeX

cudcv@warwick.UUCP (01/21/87)

<munch>

We're just beginning to convert from troff to LaTeX here, and our first
document included a table using the parbox form of entry with a
description like {p{1.7in}p{1.7in}p{1.7in}}.  This gives wild justification
and erratic vertical spacing between entries (got with \\[0.08in]).  It seems
that if the last column is shorter than the first two, no extra spacing
appears.  Examples of its justification are:

        Main   production    bottle-
        necks   caused  by  lack  of
(!)     pro-
        cessing  power  and   queues
        for laserprinter (serious at
        busy periods)

and

(!)     Commands               em-
        bedded in text; processing
        and printing needed to see
        results

Any ideas, we thought TeX was particularly good at this sort of thing !
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rusty@weyl.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (01/27/87)

Try using some of TeX's low-level commands to "loosen things up" so it
won't be so fussy.  You could also try it with a ragged-right margin
(within the table) instead having it filled.

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