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Coloring every alternate table row

2. September 2011 by tom 12 Comments

In one of my previous posts I describe how to color or shade every other row in a LaTeX table. However, there is a much nicer, cleaner and simpler way to color every odd/even row, making tables much more readable. First load the xcolor package in the preamble: and define any color you like, e.g. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Figure & table, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: definecolor, LaTeX, r, rowcolors, table, tabular, usepackage, xcolor
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