How to make text in a Table cell spanning over multiple pages

Question

This is a clear question of this version, I want that red zone in the table to move smoothly to the next page .

\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[top=2cm, bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}       
\usepackage{blindtext}
\newcolumntype{f}{>{\hsize=.2\hsize}X}    
\newcolumntype{s}{>{\hsize=.3\hsize}X}
\newcolumntype{t}{>{\hsize=.5\hsize}X}
\newcommand{\heading}[1]{\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{#1}}
\fancyheadoffset{0pt}
\rhead{}%
\lhead{}%
\chead{}
\cfoot{}
\lfoot{}
\rfoot{\textit{Page \thepage\ / \pageref{LastPage}} }%\thepage
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{2pt}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{2pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\caption{Sample table}
\centering
    \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|f|s|t|}
\hline
\heading{\textbf{\makecell{Short\\Column}}} &amp; \heading{\textbf{Medium Column}}  &amp; \heading{\textbf{Long Column}} \\ \hline


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\end{tabularx}

\end{table}
\end{document}

@user202729 I have tried longtable, what i want exactly is the cell's content to span pages not the whole cell. — Abdelhak Elfengour, Dec 01 '21 at 10:15
@mmr the MWE is working properly on my machine texlive 2020. — Abdelhak Elfengour, Dec 01 '21 at 10:17
Contents of a cell can't be split across pages. Packages such as longtable and others can only add a pagebreak between table rows, not within them. — leandriis, Dec 01 '21 at 11:03
this is a fact, This post is for tabular, longtable, xtabular, tabularx ... package developers to work on this issue. — Abdelhak Elfengour, Dec 01 '21 at 11:12
Okay, same question as Longtable: page breaks within row possible? - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange , still no automatic answer. — user202729, Dec 01 '21 at 11:21

Zarko · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-01T12:03:32.377

As mentioned @user202729 in his comment, your table is to long that can be fit in one page, so you need to use some sort of long table, for example defined by package xltabular.

Warning: Any long table can be broken between pages only between rows and never in a row!

For better spacing text into cells it is advisable to use smaller font, for example \footnotesize but this is up to you:

\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{makecell, xltabular}
\renewcommand\theadfont{\footnotesize\bfseries}
\newcolumntype{R}{>{\RaggedRight}X}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\newlist{tabitemize}{itemize}{1}
\setlist[tabitemize]{nosep,
                     leftmargin = *,
                     label      = $\bullet$ ,
                     before     = \begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth},
                     after      = \end{minipage}
                     }
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\begingroup
\footnotesize
\setlength\tabcolsep{4pt}
\setlength\LTleft{0pt}
\setlength\LTright{0pt}
    \begin{xltabular}{\textwidth}{|>{\hsize=0.6\hsize\linewidth=\hsize}R
                                  |>{\hsize=0.9\hsize\linewidth=\hsize}R
                                  |>{\hsize=1.5\hsize\linewidth=\hsize}R|}
\caption{Sample table}
\label{tab:longtable}   \
    \hline
\thead{Short\Column}   & \thead{Medium\ Column}   & \thead{Long\ Column}     \ 
    \hline
\endfirsthead
\caption[]{Sample table (cont.)}\
    \hline
\thead{Short\Column}   & \thead{Medium\ Column}   & \thead{Long\ Column}     \
    \hline
\endhead
\multicolumn{3}{r}{\footnotesize\itshape{Continued on the next page}}           \
\endfoot
\endlastfoot
%   table body
Not yet found the solution. The problem is the following: For a business report, the requirement is to report the data in two different tables as follows:
    \begin{tabitemize}
\item   The tables will be put side by side. 
\item   The tables will span multiple pages. 
\item   On each table,
    \end{tabitemize}
    & \blindtext[1]

        &       \begin{tabitemize}
        \item   Not yet found the solution. The problem is the following: For a business report, the requirement is to report the data in two different tables as follows:
        \item   The tables will be put side by side. 
        \item   The tables will span multiple pages. 
        \item   On each table, one of the columns will have a wrapping content (e.g. defined as p{4cm}).
            \end{tabitemize}
         As a consequence the lines of the two tables will not be aligned, so I cannot use a single table with the column doubled.I have looked in all previously related questions but I have not yet found the solution. The problem is the following: For a business report, the requirement is to                \
    \hline
Value

    & Text
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        \begin{tabitemize}
        \item   The tables will be put side by side. 
        \item   The tables will span multiple pages. 
        \item   On each table, one of the columns will have a wrapping content (e.g. defined as p{4cm}). 
        \end{tabitemize}
        As a consequence the lines of the two tables will not be aligned, so I cannot use a single table with the column doubled.I have looked in all  a  split into three   \
    \hline
Value

    & Text

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    \hline
    \end{xltabular}
\end{document}

Addendum: You may consider to use tabularray package and its longtblr table. Code is a bit shorter and simpler but result is (to my opinion) nicer:

\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\UseTblrLibrary{varwidth}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\newlist{tabitemize}{itemize}{1}
\setlist[tabitemize]{nosep,
                     leftmargin = *,
                     label      = $\bullet$ ,
                     before     = \begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth},
                     after      = \end{minipage}
                     }
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\begin{longtblr}[
  caption = {Sample table},
    label = {longtable},
                ]{rowhead=1,
                  hlines, vlines,
                  colspec = {X[0.2,j] X[0.3,j] X[0.53,j]},
                     rows = {font=\footnotesize},
                   row{1} = {font=\footnotesize\bfseries},
                  measure = vbox
                  }
%   column headers
{Short Column}   &     {Medium Column}   &   {Long Column}     \
%   table body
Not yet found the solution. The problem is the following: For a business report, the requirement is to report the data in two different tables as follows:
    \begin{tabitemize}
\item   The tables will be put side by side. 
\item   The tables will span multiple pages. 
\item   On each table,
    \end{tabitemize}
    & \blindtext[1]

        &       \begin{tabitemize}
        \item   Not yet found the solution. The problem is the following: For a business report, the requirement is to report the data in two different tables as follows:
        \item   The tables will be put side by side. 
        \item   The tables will span multiple pages. 
        \item   On each table, one of the columns will have a wrapping content (e.g. defined as p{4cm}).
            \end{tabitemize}
         As a consequence the lines of the two tables will not be aligned, so I cannot use a single table with the column doubled.I have looked in all previously related questions but I have not yet found the solution. The problem is the following: For a business report, the requirement is to                \
Value

    & Text
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        \begin{tabitemize}
        \item   The tables will be put side by side. 
        \item   The tables will span multiple pages. 
        \item   On each table, one of the columns will have a wrapping content (e.g. defined as p{4cm}). 
        \end{tabitemize}
        As a consequence the lines of the two tables will not be aligned, so I cannot use a single table with the column doubled.I have looked in all  a  split into three   \
Value

    & Text

        & have not yet found the solution. The problem is the following: For a business report, the requirement is to report the data in two different tables as follows: - The tables will be put side by side. - The tables will span multiple pages. - On each table, one of the columns will have a wrapping content (e.g. defined as p{4cm}). As a consequence the lines of the two tables will not be aligned, so I cannot use a single table with the column doubled.I have looked in all previously related questions but I have not yet  \
    \end{longtblr}
\end{document}

you did a great job, but what I want exactly is the cell's content to span pages, not the whole cell by changing the font size. — Abdelhak Elfengour, Dec 01 '21 at 10:25

How to make text in a Table cell spanning over multiple pages

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