Chapter 6: Creating Tables
Scientific documents and others do not just contain plain text; they also present information and data in tables. We shall become familiar with that in this chapter.
In this chapter, we will learn how to perform the following:
- Using tab stops to write in columns
- Typesetting tables
- Adding captions to tables
- Using packages for further customization
Let's tackle these tasks. We will start by simply arranging text in columns.
Technical requirements
You need to have a LaTeX installation, or you can compile the example code online at https://latexguide.org/chapter-06.
The code is also available on GitHub: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/LaTeX-Beginner-s-Guide-2nd-Edition-/tree/main/Chapter_06_-_Creating_Tables.
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