how to put words in several lines in one cell?

Question

The table is too wide, and I want to make it narrower by wrapping the Second under the First, how should I achieve this?

The latex code looks like this currently:

\begin{table*}[htbp]


 \centering
  \caption{Add caption}
    \begin{tabular}{c|ccccc}
    \hline
    \textbf{\#} & \textbf{Violations} & \textbf{First Second} & \textbf{First Second} & \textbf{First Second} & \textbf{First Second} \bigstrut\\
    \hline
    1   & 0   & 91  & 101 & 507 & 1973.54 \bigstrut[t]\\
    2   & 0   & 102 & 92  & 472 & 1874.65 \\
    3   & 0   & 104 & 92  & 459 & 1856.21 \\
    4   & 0   & 108 & 100 & 407 & 1790.56 \\
    5   & 0   & 112 & 77  & 511 & 1723.66 \\
    $\ldots$   & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$ \\
    \hline
    \end{tabular}%
  \label{tab:addlabel}%
\end{table*}%

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@Werner the "violations" needed to be center at the row, is it possible? — sweetyBaby, Mar 13 '14 at 03:55
Also see Centering mutirow text in a table whose cells contain several lines of text. — Werner, Mar 13 '14 at 03:55

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

Simplest way would be to just use two lines. To place the single line heading in the center of the row you can use \multirow from the multirow package:

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Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[htbp]
 \centering
  \caption{Add caption}
    \begin{tabular}{c|ccccc}
    \hline
    \multirow{2}{}{\textbf{#}} & \multirow{2}{}{\textbf{Violations}} & \textbf{First} & \textbf{First} & \textbf{First } & \textbf{First } \
                &  & \textbf{Second} & \textbf{Second} & \textbf{Second} & \textbf{Second} \
    \hline
    5   & 0   & 112 & 77  & 511 & 1723.66 \
    $\ldots$   & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$ \
    \hline
    \end{tabular}%
  \label{tab:addlabel}%
\end{table}%
\end{document}

But I need the violations to be placed at the centre of the row, is it possible? — sweetyBaby, Mar 13 '14 at 03:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '14 at 04:01

You can use the minimalistic makecell package that could adjust the alignment of a specific cell:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{makecell}% http://ctan.org/pkg/makecell
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
  \centering
  \caption{Add caption}
  \begin{tabular}{c|ccccc}
    \hline
    \textbf{\#} & \textbf{Violations} & 
      \bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} & 
      \bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} & 
      \bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} & 
      \bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} \\
    \hline
    5   & 0   & 112 & 77  & 511 & 1723.66 \\
    $\ldots$   & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$ \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}%
\end{table}%
\end{document}

You could make the code even shorter using the \theadcommand and declaring \renewcommand{\theadfont}{\bfseries} in the preamble. — Bernard, Mar 13 '14 at 16:29

how to put words in several lines in one cell?

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