Latex provides the wrapfig package which lets you wrap text around figures. In not only saves place, but also embeds the figure nicely into your text. Add the wrapfig package in your preamble: And place the figure where you want to have it: and similarly for tables: Number of lines (optional) “r” for right and … [Read more…]
One of my last posts was on how to define the width of a column in a table (see here). The parbox (p), which is used by Latex when you define the column width, will by default align its content on the left. This can be changed, but is a bit tricky. The keyword is: … [Read more…]
I am sure you know the situation where you have several columns in a tabular which all are of the same type: Now this can be simplified as follows using the *(star) symbol: The advantages are obvious, the table can be easily extended, you don’t have to count the numerous c’s, l’s or r’s and … [Read more…]
Latex will automatically adjust the width of a cell in a table. If you wish to have a table where each cell in a row has the same width, you would use the p option instead of l, c or r for left, centre or right alignment. Example:
Pictures do not necessarily have to be placed inside the figure environment, but can perfectly be included inside table cells. The advantage is, you can without any effort arrange a series of images in a matrix and individually scale them. Or, you could combine text with images in a table. And here is how: You … [Read more…]