The following LaTeX code produces a table with one row and three columns. Each cell contains two short words word-wrapped so that one name is above the other. A design requirement of this table is the ability to force a word-wrap on a short sentence and control cell padding.
\documentclass[twoside]{report}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{M}{>{\centering\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{2pt}}m{1cm}}
\makeatletter
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|M|M|M|}
\hline
Sue Tim & Sam Jake & Eddy John \\[3ex]
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
This code will produce the following output:
The problem here is that the last cell is not vertically centered like the other two cells. Vertical padding is controlled by \\[3ex] on line 8 while horizontal padding is controlled by m{1cm} on line 3.
How can I modify this code so that the last cell looks like the first two cells?
malignment but a workaround was posted, I'll find it... – David Carlisle Nov 24 '14 at 22:14