estes@iris.ucdavis.edu (Robert Estes) (08/21/90)
There appeared to be enough interest, so I am posting a summary of the
responses I obtained. Method #1 below, although a little long, seems to
work the best. It works better than Method #2 because the tabular
environment adds a little horizontal space on either side of the
headings, therefore, using it in both columns gives more consistent
spacing. Methods #3 and #4 need more vertical space at the top and
bottom, which might be accomplished with struts, or something (I
didn't try, sorry).
Thanks to all for the help.
Robert
Method #1: from mitano@top.cis.syr.edu
\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline
\begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \#1 \end{tabular} &
\begin{tabular}{c} Column \#2 \end{tabular} \\ \hline
1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline
1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Method #2: a minor modification
\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline
\begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \#1 \end{tabular} & Column \#2 \\ \hline
1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline
1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Method #3: from Edgar Holman and Fred Douglas
\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline
\parbox{4em}{\centering Column \\ \#1} & Column \#2 \\ \hline
1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline
1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Method #4: from unify!uunet!microsoft!t-rayc@csusac.ecs.csus.edu
\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline
\hbox{$\vcenter{\halign{\hfil#\hfil\cr Column\cr\#1\cr}}$} & Column \#2 \\ \hline
1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline
1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}zhou@linac.fnal.gov (Ping Zhou) (08/22/90)
Method #2: a minor modification
\documentstyle{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline
\begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \#1 \end{tabular} & Column \#2 \\ \hline
1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline
1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
How about using \begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}} instead of \begin{tabular}{c} in
the nested tabular environment ? The spacing should have been taken care of
in the parent tabular environment. Adding extra space is not appropriate.
Second thought, do we really care ?kilis@cs.umn.edu (Danny Kilis) (08/22/90)
In article <7592@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> estes@iris.ucdavis.edu (Robert Estes) writes: > >Method #1: from mitano@top.cis.syr.edu > >\documentstyle{article} >\begin{document} >\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline >\begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \#1 \end{tabular} & >\begin{tabular}{c} Column \#2 \end{tabular} \\ \hline >1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline >1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline >\end{tabular} >\end{document} > >Method #2: a minor modification > >\documentstyle{article} >\begin{document} >\begin{tabular}{|c|c|} \hline >\begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \#1 \end{tabular} & Column \#2 \\ \hline >1985 & 43.2 \\ \hline >1992 & 51.6 \\ \hline >\end{tabular} >\end{document} There would seem to be a problem if one needs to insert a line between Column and \#1, i.e., \begin{tabular}{c} Column \\ \hline \#1 \end{tabular} & Column \#2 \\ \hline The line would not go across the entire box! Any suggestion? Danny Kilis INTERNET: kilis@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu CSNET: kilis@umn-cs.CSNET USENET: ....!umn-cs!kilis BITNET: danny@umnhcs