I need to copy a table from a pdf file to my LaTeX document. I know I have to do it by hand but still don't understand how to create a table with LaTeX.
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4Take a look at the LaTeX Wikibook chapter on tables, it's a great introduction to get you started with tables. If you then run into a concrete problem, feel free to post a new question. – Jake May 20 '13 at 18:59
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9There are literally dozens of table questions on the site, and your table isn't so different than many of the others. See for example: Formatting table; LaTeX table capabilities; Aligning numbers by decimal points in table columns; How typeset a numeric table from a CSV file; How to merge columns in a table? – Alan Munn May 20 '13 at 19:00
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1@Jake first thank you all. I already had a look at LaTeX Wikibook and I also have a book infront of me right now. The problem is there are too many packages and each table differs from the others. So you have to understand each single command to be able to create new tables. – abdu May 20 '13 at 19:20
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4@abdu: If you post the code you have so far, people will be able to help you with your concrete problems. – Jake May 20 '13 at 19:26
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A simple version of the table:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\renewcommand*{\arraystretch}{1.2}
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{tabular}{|c|*{12}{c}}
\hline
Alloy & Ni & Cr & Co & Mo & W & Al & Ti & Ta & Re & Nb & V & Hf \\
\hline
\multicolumn{13}{|l}{First generation}\\
\hline
PWA 1480 & 62.5 & 10 & 5 & & 4 & 5 & 1.5 & 12 \\
Ren\'e N4 & 62.6 & 9 & 8 & 2 & 6 & 3.7 & 4.2 & 4 & & 0.5 \\
CMSX-2 & 66.6 & 8 & 4.6 & 0.6 & 7.9 & 5.6 & 0.9 & 5.8 \\
SRR 99 & 66.5 & 8.5 & 5 & & 9.5 & 5.5 & 2.2 & 2.8 \\
\hline
\multicolumn{13}{|l}{Second generation}\\
\hline
PWA 1484 & 59.4 & 5 & 10 & 2 & 6 & 5.6 & & 9 & 3 \\
Ren\'e N5 & 61.8 & 7 & 8 & 2 & 5 & 6.2 & & 7 & 3 & & & 0.2 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
(The missing follwing lines of the table are left as exercise for the reader.)
Finetuning:
*{12}{c}is a shortcut forcccccccccccc.In
tabulars the line distances are managed by struts with a height and depth that sums up to a text line. With horizontal lines, the text might be too near to the lines, thus\renewcommand*{\arraystretch}{1.2}increases thesse struts by 20 percent.Alternative is using the length
\extrarowheight, This amount is added to a row height in a table, e.g.:\usepackage{array} \setlength{\extrarowheight}{.2ex}If you want to align the numbers at the dot, then take a look at packages
dcolumnorsiunitx.
Moriambar
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Heiko Oberdiek
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Here, the figure labels are printed as Table x.y where x is the section number and y is a table number within section x.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[hmargin=3cm,vmargin=3.75cm]{geometry} % Here, only used to get rid of a overfull \hbox warning.
\usepackage{booktabs,dcolumn} % Tables.
\usepackage[figureposition=bottom]{caption} % Float captions.
% Globally set table float position.
\makeatletter
\providecommand*\setfloatlocations[2]{\@namedef{fps@#1}{#2}}
\makeatother
\setfloatlocations{table}{htbp}
% Redefine table counter.
\makeatletter
\@addtoreset{table}{section}
\makeatother
\renewcommand*\thetable{\arabic{section}.\arabic{table}}
% Simplify notation.
\newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{.}{#1}}
\newcommand*\mc[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}}
\newcommand*\mcTwo[1]{\multicolumn{2}{l}{#1}}
\begin{document}
\section{First section}
Something.
\begin{table}
\centering
\caption{A data table.}
\label{tbl:1}
\begin{tabular}{c c}
A & B \\
C & D
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
\centering
\caption{A data table.}
\label{tbl:2}
\begin{tabular}{c c}
E & F \\
G & H
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\section{Second section}
Something.
\begin{table}
\centering
\caption{A data table.}
\label{tbl:3}
\begin{tabular}{c d{2.1} d{2.1} d{2.1} d{1.1} d{1.1} d{1.2} d{1.1} d{1.1} d{1.1} d{1.1} d{1.0} d{1.2}}
\toprule
Alloy & \mc{Ni} & \mc{Cr} & \mc{Co} & \mc{Mo} & \mc{W} & \mc{Al} & \mc{Ti} & \mc{Ta} & \mc{Re} & \mc{Nb} & \mc{V} & \mc{Hf} \\
\midrule
\mcTwo{First generation} & & & & & & & & & & & \\
\midrule
PWA~1480 & 62.5 & 10 & 5 & \mc{---} & 4 & 5 & 1.5 & 12 & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & \mc{---} \\[1ex]
Ren{\'e}~N4 & 62.6 & 9 & 8 & 2 & 6 & 3.7 & 4.2 & 4 & \mc{---} & 0.5 & \mc{---} & \mc{---} \\[1ex]
CMSX-2 & 66.6 & 8 & 4.6 & 0.6 & 7.9 & 5.6 & 0.9 & 5.8 & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & \mc{---} \\[1ex]
SRR~99 & 66.5 & 8.5 & 5 & \mc{---} & 9.5 & 5.5 & 2.2 & 2.8 & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & \mc{---} \\
\midrule
\mcTwo{Second generation} & & & & & & & & & & & \\
\midrule
PWA~1484 & 59.4 & 5 & 10 & 2 & 6 & 5.6 & \mc{---} & 9 & 3 & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & \mc{---} \\[1ex]
Ren{\'e}~N5 & 61.8 & 7 & 8 & 2 & 5 & 6.2 & \mc{---} & 7 & 3 & 0.5 & \mc{---} & 0.2 \\[1ex]
CMSX~4 & 61.8 & 6.5 & 9 & 0.6 & 6 & 5.6 & 1 & 6.5 & 3 & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & 0.1 \\[1ex]
CMSX~6 & 70.4 & 10 & 5 & 3 & \mc{---} & 4.8 & 4.7 & 2 & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & \mc{---} & 0.1 \\
\midrule
\mcTwo{Third generation} & & & & & & & & & & & \\
\midrule
CMSX-10 & 69.6 & 2 & 3 & 0.4 & 5 & 5.7 & 0.2 & 8 & 6 & 0.1 & \mc{---} & 0.03 \\[1ex]
Ren{\'e}~N6 & 57.4 & 4.2 & 12.5 & 1.4 & 6 & 5.75 & 0 & 7.2 & 5.4 & 0 & 0 & 0.15 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}
Update
Another way of creating the table is using the S column from siunitx;
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[
% locale = DE % if you want a comma as decimal separator instead of a dot
]{siunitx}
%\usepackage[version = 3]{mhchem} % typesetting chemical formulae using \ce{}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\newcommand*\mcTwo[1]{\multicolumn{2}{l}{#1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{
c
*{3}{S[table-format = 2.1]}
*{2}{S[table-format = 1.1]}
S[table-format = 1.2]
*{4}{S[table-format = 1.1]}
S[table-format = 1]
S[table-format = 1.2]
}
\toprule
Alloy & {Ni} & {Cr} & {Co} & {Mo} & {W} & {Al} & {Ti} & {Ta} & {Re} & {Nb} & {V} & {Hf} \\
\midrule
\mcTwo{First generation} & & & & & & & & & & & \\
\midrule
PWA~1480 & 62.5 & 10 & 5 & {---} & 4 & 5 & 1.5 & 12 & {---} & {---} & {---} & {---} \\[1ex]
Ren{\'e}~N4 & 62.6 & 9 & 8 & 2 & 6 & 3.7 & 4.2 & 4 & {---} & 0.5 & {---} & {---} \\[1ex]
CMSX-2 & 66.6 & 8 & 4.6 & 0.6 & 7.9 & 5.6 & 0.9 & 5.8 & {---} & {---} & {---} & {---} \\[1ex]
SRR~99 & 66.5 & 8.5 & 5 & {---} & 9.5 & 5.5 & 2.2 & 2.8 & {---} & {---} & {---} & {---} \\
\midrule
\mcTwo{Second generation} & & & & & & & & & & & \\
\midrule
PWA~1484 & 59.4 & 5 & 10 & 2 & 6 & 5.6 & {---} & 9 & 3 & {---} & {---} & {---} \\[1ex]
Ren{\'e}~N5 & 61.8 & 7 & 8 & 2 & 5 & 6.2 & {---} & 7 & 3 & 0.5 & {---} & 0.2 \\[1ex]
CMSX~4 & 61.8 & 6.5 & 9 & 0.6 & 6 & 5.6 & 1 & 6.5 & 3 & {---} & {---} & 0.1 \\[1ex]
CMSX~6 & 70.4 & 10 & 5 & 3 & {---} & 4.8 & 4.7 & 2 & {---} & {---} & {---} & 0.1 \\
\midrule
\mcTwo{Third generation} & & & & & & & & & & & \\
\midrule
CMSX-10 & 69.6 & 2 & 3 & 0.4 & 5 & 5.7 & 0.2 & 8 & 6 & 0.1 & {---} & 0.03 \\[1ex]
Ren{\'e}~N6 & 57.4 & 4.2 & 12.5 & 1.4 & 6 & 5.75 & 0 & 7.2 & 5.4 & 0 & 0 & 0.15 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
(Personally, I prefer this method.)
Svend Tveskæg
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thank you Heiko for you suggestion. To be honest I've never created a table before with LaTeX and these whole commands are like chinese for me. I copied pasted your code Svend with all the packages but there is a missing file the terminal says: 'mhchem.sty' not found I understood through Heiko's code many elementary things but still can't create a table myself. – abdu May 20 '13 at 20:10
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@abdu This means that the package is not installed (correctly) on your system. – Svend Tveskæg May 20 '13 at 20:12
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I'm using ubuntu and I've been trying to install the package but it failed. Why do we need this package? – abdu May 20 '13 at 20:21
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@abdu I used it to typeset the names of the chemical elemtents correct. (If you remove the package and change
\mc{\ce{name}}to\mc{name}, you get the same output but the other appreach is more rigorous.) – Svend Tveskæg May 20 '13 at 20:27 -
Svend you're a big help :) I removed the mhchem package and it works now. But I would really like to understand every single command I've been using LaTeX for about 3 weeks and I think I still need too much experience to be able to do the things you do. Do you have any suggestions what to read? Or do you have some pages with which you learned creating tables? – abdu May 20 '13 at 20:35
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@abdu For mathematics, Math mode by Herbert Voss is a good start. Also the LaTeX entry at Wikibooks is good. (I myself used a big manual in Danish by Lars Madsen aka. daleif when i started learning LaTeX.) – Svend Tveskæg May 20 '13 at 20:44
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2@abdu Start by exploring the site. For example: What is the best book to start learning LaTeX? – Alan Munn May 20 '13 at 20:45
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@SvendTveskæg and AlanMunn thank you! I still have a short and a last question concerning the label and the caption of the table. For example in the code you posted Svend. I need to change it to Tabelle 2.1 and if possible in bold. By the way, can I find your manual in German? – abdu May 20 '13 at 20:54
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@SvendTveskæg a new question about the caption? I just need to know how to remove the automatic labelling. I'll then be able to type it manually in the caption. That's all. Thanks! – abdu May 20 '13 at 21:07
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@abdu To manually typeset a label like this is a bad thing; let LaTeX do it for you. (See my updated answer.) – Svend Tveskæg May 21 '13 at 08:08
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@SvendTveskæg I understand what you mean and you're right if I'm matching my table to the chapter and section but that's not my case.
\begin{document} \chapter*{Kapitel 1} \section*{Einleitung} \subsection*{1.1 Motivation}Chapter's name is actually Chapter and the section should have no numbering. So I have to do the typesetting manually. Is there a way?
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@SvendTveskæg The last edit made your answer CW; avoid minor corrections. – egreg Dec 26 '13 at 15:46