Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ threeparttable | Center the Table

[mariaXY]

Hi everybody!!!

I've been looking for the solution for centering a table... Anything hasn't been useful so far, so I hope somebody can help me.

I want to put a footnote in a table. Here is the code:

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\begin{table}[t!]
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}
\captionsetup{font=small, labelfont=bf, labelsep=period}
\caption[Table]{Text\tnote{a}.}
\label{table1}
{\small
\begin{tabular}{l c c}

%\hline%
X & Y & Z \\
  & y & z \\
\hline
X & Y & Z \\
X & Y & Z \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\vspace*{-0.7cm}
\begin{tablenotes}
\item[a] {\footnotesize Footnote}
\end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}

I obtain the footnote in a proper way. My problem is that I got the table left aligned... It doesn't matter where I put the \centering or \begin{center}-\end{center}... I want to center that table... Please somebody help me!!!

Thanks in advance,

Maria

[localghost]

Please get used to always providing a minimal example that shows the undesired behaviour clearly and is compilable out of the box. This is essential especially when a problems is more complicated. People are rarely motivated to build a complete example just to test possible solutions for you.

The below example centers the table as desired. Note the booktabs package to enhance the appearance of the table.

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\documentclass[11pt,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs,threeparttable}

\captionsetup{font=small,labelfont=bf,labelsep=period}

\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[!ht]
    \caption[Table]{Text\tnote{a}.}\label{table1}
    \centering
    \begin{threeparttable}
      \small
      \begin{tabular}{lcc}\toprule
        X & Y & Z \\
          & y & z \\ \midrule
        X & Y & Z \\
        X & Y & Z \\ \bottomrule
      \end{tabular}
      \begin{tablenotes}
        \footnotesize
        \item[a] Footnote
      \end{tablenotes}
    \end{threeparttable}
  \end{table}
\end{document}

Thorsten

[mariaXY]

Hi localghost!

Thanks a lot for your help. It works now, and I have a beautiful table in my thesis. Consider this post solved. Just a few comments and my final code to obtain the table.

I think the booktabs was the solution, and since my footmark is in the caption, you can not put the threeparttable below the caption. In any case, here is my final code:

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\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{book}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs,threeparttable}

\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[!ht]
    \centering
    \begin{threeparttable}
    \captionsetup{font=small,labelfont=bf,labelsep=period}
    \caption[Table]{Text\tnote{a}.}\label{table1}
      \small
      \begin{tabular}{lcc}
        X & Y & Z \\
          & y & z \\
      \hline
        X & Y & Z \\
        X & Y & Z \\
      \hline
      \end{tabular}
      \vspace*{-0.7cm} % small space between table and footnote
      \begin{tablenotes}
        \footnotesize
        \item[a] Footnote
      \end{tablenotes}
    \end{threeparttable}
  \end{table}
\end{document}