Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ How can I specify column width and then centering text?

[lemonicetea]

Hi all.

How can I specify column width and then centering text in tables? I tried p{2cm},however, the text will left aligned.

[localghost]

Take a look at the array package. Beside other features it lets you specify which commands are active in a column.

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\begin{tabular}{>{\centering}p{10cm}}
  % contents
\end{tabular}

In this context you may also look at tabularx and ragged2e.


Best regards
Thorsten

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

use \centering and the array package:

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\usepackage{array}
...
\begin{tabular}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2cm}...}

Stefan

[lemonicetea]

Thank you so much guys. That was really quick replies!

[lemonicetea]

By the way, how can i centering the whole table?

[localghost]

That's best done within a table environment.

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\begin{table}[!ht]
  \caption{Dummy table}\label{tab:dummy}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{>{\centering}p{10cm}}
    % contents
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Use the center environment:

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\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}
...
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

or, if you want to use a table environment, use \centering instead, for instance:

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\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{tabular}
...
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Stefan

[lemonicetea]

It's working! Thank you sooo much.