Typesetting Tables with LaTeX

The LaTeX typesetting system is free, and runs on just about any operating system. It produces book-quality output, and is widely used for typesetting articles, books, mathematical works (at which it excels), directories, dictionaries, and other publications generated from databases.


This book shows you how to:


- Create just about any kind of table in LaTeX, from simple to extremely complex


- Use colour in tables


- Produce multi-page tables


- Use available LaTeX packages to simplify your work, with ready-to-run examples for each package


- Present your data in the most effective way


Contents

1. Introduction

2. Packages

3. Color in tables

4. Multi-page tables

5. Tips and tricks

6. Examples

7. Questions and answers


Intended audience


-Authors, especially in the fields of mathematics, engineering, sciences, statistics and economics, where LaTeX is widely used

-Colelge staff and students

-Database publishers, where precise table layout is important for effective data presentation

-Book and journal publishers