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As a result, tables sometimes typeset with lines -uncomfortably close together (or occasionally ridiculously far apart). -<p/>Traditional (moving metal type) typographers would adjust the spacing -between lines of a table by use of a “<em>strut</em>” (a metal -spacer). A TeX user can do exactly the same thing: most macro -packages define a <code>\</code><code>strut</code> command, that defines a space appropriate -to the current size of the text; placing a <code>\</code><code>strut</code> command at the -end of a troublesome row is the simplest solution to the problem — -if it works. Other solutions below are LaTeX-specific, but some -may be simply translated to Plain TeX commands. -<p/>If your table exhibits a systematic problem (i.e., every row is wrong -by the same amount) use <code>\</code><code>extrarowheight</code>, which is defined by the -<i>array</i> package: -<blockquote> -<pre> -\usepackage{array}% in the preamble -... -\setlength{\extrarowheight}{length} -\begin{tabular}{....} -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -<p/>To correct a single row whose maladjustment isn’t corrected by a -<code>\</code><code>strut</code> command, you can define your own, using -<code>\</code><code>rule{0pt}{length}</code> — which is a near approximation to the -command that goes inside a <code>\</code><code>strut</code>. The <i>bigstrut</i> package -defines a strut command that you can use for this purpose: -<code>\</code><code>bigstrut</code> on its own opens up both above and below the current -line; <code>\</code><code>bigstrut[t]</code> opens up above the line, -<code>\</code><code>bigstrut[b]</code> opens up below the line. -<p/>General solutions are available, however. The <i>tabls</i> package -automatically generates an appropriately-sized strut at the end of -each row. Its disadvantages are that it’s really rather slow in -operation (since it gets in the way of everything within tables) and -its (lack of) compatibility with other packages. -<p/>The <i>cellspace</i> package does a (possibly inferior) job by -defining a new table/array column type “S”, which you apply to each -column specification. So, for example, -<blockquote> -<pre> -\cmdinvoke{begin}{tabular}{l l l p{3cm}} -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -would become -<blockquote> -<pre> -\cmdinvoke{begin}{tabular}{Sl Sl Sl Sp{3cm}} -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -and so on. This technique shows -promise of not interfering so much with other packages, but this -author has heard of no reports from the field. -<p/>The <i>booktabs</i> package comes with a thought-provoking essay -about how tables should be designed. Since table row-spacing problems -most often appear in collisions with rules, the author’s thesis, -that LaTeX users tend too often to rule their tables, is -interesting. The package provides rule commands to support the -author’s scheme, but deals with inter-row spacing too. The most -recent release of <i>booktabs</i> sports compatibility with -packages such as <i>longtable</i>. -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>array.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/tools.zip">macros/latex/required/tools</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/tools/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/array.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>bigstrut.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/multirow.zip">macros/latex/contrib/multirow</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/multirow/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/bigstrut.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>booktabs.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs.zip">macros/latex/contrib/booktabs</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/booktabs.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>cellspace.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cellspace.zip">macros/latex/contrib/cellspace</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cellspace/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/cellspace.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>tabls.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tabls.zip">macros/latex/contrib/tabls</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/tabls/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/tabls.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=struttab">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=struttab</a> -</body> |