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++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| settabs |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+Abbreviation: ã|noneã%
+
+Parameters: ã|number of columnsã%
+
+ ã|Description:ã%
+The body of the table is created with the \settabs n \columns markup, which
+establishes a number (n) of equal-size tabular columns (\columns).
+ Each new column after the first is indicated with the TEXT1 tab
+character (&). Each row is started with the \+ markup and ended with the
+\cr markup (which is an abbreviation for carriage return on typewriters).
+ The ampersand (&) is like the TAB key on many typewriters; it tells
+TEXT1 to advance to the next tab position, where there is a tab at the right
+edge of each column. But & is not exactly like a mechanical typewriter
+TAB, because it first backs up to the beginning of the current column
+before advancing to the next. In this way you can always tell what column
+you are tabbing to, by counting the number of &s; that is handy, because
+
+variable-width type otherwise makes it difficult to know whether you have
+passed a tab position.
+ The ampersands are different from tabs in another way, too: TEXT1
+ignores spaces after &, hence you can conveniently finish a column by typing
+& at the end of a line in your input file, without worrying that an extra
+blank space will be introduced there. Incidentally, TEXT1 also ignores
+spaces after \+, so that the first column is treated like the others.
+ You can say \cr before you have specified a complete set of columns, if
+the remaining columns are blank. The last \cr ends the settabs. No other
+ending is necessary; normal text may follow.
+
+ ã|Example:ã%
+
+can be seen, the pool of common words is prodigious.
+\par
+\tabletitle{Etymological Clues}
+\settabs 3 \columns
+\+\it Term&\it Geological&\it Social Reference\cr
+\+boss&small rock&supervisor\cr
+\+domehead&pushing through&intellectual\cr
+\+fossil&turned to stone&age\cr
+\+creep&move slowly&person\cr
+\+streak&move quickly&naked\cr
+\+ejecta&very quickly&mating\cr
+\+sublimate&change to gas&dream\cr
+\+trench&sediments&mouth\cr
+
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| |
+| can be seen, the pool of common words is prodigious. |
+| |
+| Table 1 |
+| Etymological Clues |
+| |
+| Term Geological Social Reference |
+| boss small rock supervisor |
+| domehead pushing through intellectual |
+| fossil turned to stone age |
+| creep move slowly person |
+| streak move quickly naked |
+| ejecta very quickly mating |
+| sublimate change to gas dream |
+| trench sediments mouth |
+| |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+ ã|Example:ã%
+You may not want all of the columns to be the same size, so there is another
+way to set them, by typing "\+sample line\cr" immediately after \settabs.
+In this case tabs are placed at the positions of the &s in the sample line,
+but the sample line itself does not appear in the output. Look through
+the table and determine the biggest entry in each column; the sample line
+is then constructed by typing the widest entry in the first column, then
+the widest in each subsequent column, omitting the last column. Be sure to
+include some extra space (\horizontalspace{}) between columns in the sample
+line, so that the columns won't touch each other.
+
+can be seen, the pool of common words is prodigious.
+\par
+\tabletitle{Etymological Clues}
+\settabs\+\hs{4pt}&domeheads\hs{4pt}
+ &material pushing through
+ \hs{10pt}&Intellectual\cr
+\+&\it Term&\it Geological&\it Social Reference\cr
+\+&trench&subducted sediments&mouth\cr
+
+\+&dike&material holding back&female\cr
+\+&domehead&material pushing through&intellectual\cr
+\+&fossil&life turned to stone&age\cr
+\+&cleavage&the tendency to split&bosom\cr
+
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| |
+| can be seen, the pool of common words is prodigious. |
+| |
+| Table 2 |
+| Etymological Clues |
+| |
+| Term Geological Social Reference |
+| trench subducted sediments mouth |
+| dike material holding back female |
+| domehead material pushing through intellectual |
+| fossil life turned to stone age |
+| cleavage the tendency to split bosom |
+| |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+ ã|Example:ã%
+If you want to put something right justified (flush right) in its column,
+just type \rt{text} where text is the text to be right justified; Be sure
+to type & after it, so that TEX will be sure to move the information all
+the way until it touches the next tab. Similarly, if you want to center
+something in its column, type \ctr{text} where text is the text to be
+centered. Notice also the use of \phantom in decimal alignment.
+
+ \centerline{\bd Table 1}
+ \centerline{Etymological Clues}
+ \settabs \+\hs{20pts}&Aluminum\quad&Anthrosphere&
+ \hs{20pt}&Lithosphere\quad\cr
+ \+&\lft{Element}&\rt{Anthrosphere}&
+ &\rt{Lithosphere}&\cr
+ \+&Sodium&\rt{0.001\phantom{0}}&&\rt{0.4\phantom{000}}\cr
+ \+&Silicon&\rt{.0001}&&\rt{20.2\phantom{000}}\cr
+ \+&Aluminum&\rt{0.22\phantom{00}}&&
+ \rt{11.54\phantom{00}}\cr
+ \+&Carbon&\rt{19.1001}&&\rt{0.0202}\cr
+
+ \+&Nitrogen&\rt{3.2205}&&\rt{.0208}\cr
+
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| |
+| Table 1 |
+| Etymological Clues |
+| Element Anthrosphere Lithosphere |
+| Sodium 0.001 0.4 |
+| Silicon .0001 20.2 |
+| Aluminum 0.22 11.54 |
+| Carbon 19.1001 0.0202 |
+| Nitrogen 3.2205 .0208 |
+| |
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+ ã|Notes:ã%
+
+Tab positions are remembered, until they are reset with another \settabs,
+regardless of text and other markup following.
+ The operation of tabs addresses one line at a time; this allows multiple
+page tables.
+ You cannot use \figure, \drawbox or \paragraphbox around a \settabs.
+ Refer to The TEXbook for more on \phantom.