mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Mary E. Allison) (05/15/91)
I'm trying to figure out how to do something with a table using LaTeX.
I've figured out part of it but I'm still trying to work it all out.
Here's something close to what I'd like the output to look like.
Lecturers
Speaker DATE TITLE
Dr. Sam Beckett July 23, 1997 ``There and Back Again, a
Project QL Leapers Tale"
Capt. J.-L. Pickard 8497.5 ``There and Back Again, a
StarFleet Captain's Tale''
Mr. Bilbo Baggins ??? ``There and Back Again, a
Hobbit town Hobbit's Tale''
However, I'm having trouble figuring out the indentation without
having to figure out EXACTLY where the line is going to break for each
title. (I know -- I could break it by hand but isn't that why we have
computers??).
Here's what I have so far.
\begin{tabular}{lll}
{\sc Speaker} & {\sc Date} & {\sc Title} \\ \\
\parbox[t]{2.25in}{Dr.\ Doogie Howser \\ Mayo Clinic } &
October 25, 1991 & \parbox[t]{2.5in}{``How to be a Successful Doctor
and Have a Hit TV Show} \\ \\
\parbox[t]{2.25in}{Mr. Warren Littlefield \\ NBC } & February 21, 1991
& \parbox[t]{2.5in}{``How to Survive a Barrage of Mail from Sex-Crazed
Quantum Leap Fans''} \\ \\
\parbox[t]{2.25in}{Ms. Deborah Brown \\ Rochester, NY } & April 9,
1991 & \parbox[t]{2.5in}{``How to be a Sex-Crazed Quantum Leap Fan} \\
\\
\end{tabular}
However, that doesn't give me the proper indentation.
Any suggestions?
THANKS
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====================== IS IT WEDNESDAY YET?? ==========================piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) (05/17/91)
>>>>> mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Mary E. Allison) (MEA) writes:
MEA> I'm trying to figure out how to do something with a table using LaTeX.
MEA> I've figured out part of it but I'm still trying to work it all out.
... Example deleted
An easy way to do this is to escape to the TeX primitive \parshape. I guess
you can also do it with a negative \parindent but then you need an extra
hspace to compensate.
The parshape makes your entries look like:
{\parbox[t]{2.5in}{\parshape=2 0pt 2.5in .1in 2.4in\relax Text to be
printed}
Of course it is better to put the common things into a macro. This gives
the following:
\newcommand{\pp}[1]{\parbox[t]{1.75in}{\parshape=2 0pt 1.75in .25in 1.5in\relax#1}}
\newcommand{\pq}[1]{\parbox[t]{2.5in}{\parshape=2 0pt 2.5in .1in 2.4in\relax``#1''}}
\noindent
\begin{tabular}{lll}
{\sc Speaker} & {\sc Date} & {\sc Title} \\ \\
\pp{Dr.\ Doogie Howser \\ Mayo Clinic } &
October 25, 1991 & \pq{How to be a Successful Doctor
and Have a Hit TV Show} \\ \\
\pp{Mr. Warren Littlefield \\ NBC } & February 21, 1991
& \pq{How to Survive a Barrage of Mail from Sex-Crazed
Quantum Leap Fans} \\ \\
\pp{Ms. Deborah Brown \\ Rochester, NY } & April 9,
1991 & \pq{How to be a Sex-Crazed Quantum Leap Fan} \\
\\
\end{tabular}
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