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I am a bit new to LaTeX so I am not sure what the workaround is for not being able to use itemize within a tabular environment. Is there a better package for this, perhaps? Can you just not embed environments? Even if it were possible, I am not sure how it would look, considering the tabular format seems to be along the lines of:

item1 & item2\\

item3 & item4\\

Any tips for doing that kind of LaTeX magic?

AdmosJagashvili
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    Hi, welcome. Does https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/54045/ answer your question? – Torbjørn T. Jan 10 '22 at 19:47
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    you have not shown any relevant code, but I would guess you are using a l c or r column that are always one-line so can not have a list use a p{3cm} column for a column that can take vertical material – David Carlisle Jan 10 '22 at 19:51

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(too long for a comment, hence posted as an answer)

You appear under the impression that it's not possible to have an itemize environment (or some other list-like environment) inside a tabular environment. This impression is incorrect. This claim may be verified easily by compiling the following minimalist code:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|p{5cm}|}
  \hline
  \begin{itemize}
    \item bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
  \end{itemize}\\
  \hline
\end{tabular}    
\end{document}

The key to success is to house list-like environments such as enumerate and itemize in a p-type column. As @DavidCarlisle has pointed out in a comment, the l, c, and r column types won't do.

Two additional comments:

  • If the document loads the array package, the m and b column types are ok as well. Of course, the m and b (short for "middle" and "bottom" alignment, I suppose) column types are very close relatives of the p column type.

  • The tabularx and tabulary packages define additional column types -- X; and L, C, R and J, respectively -- which are also capable of housing list-like environments. These new column types are also based on the basic-LaTeX p column type.

Mico
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