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<h3>The design of tables</h3>
<p>In recent years, several authors have argued that the examples, set
out by Lamport in his <a href="FAQ-books.html">LaTeX manual</a>, have cramped
-authors' style and have led to extremely poor table design. It is in
-fact difficult even to work out what many of the examples in Lamport's
-book "mean".
+authors&rsquo; style and have led to extremely poor table design. It is in
+fact difficult even to work out what many of the examples in Lamport&rsquo;s
+book &ldquo;mean&rdquo;.
<p>The criticism focuses on the excessive use of rules (both horizontal
-and vertical) and on the poor vertical spacing that Lamport's macros
+and vertical) and on the poor vertical spacing that Lamport&rsquo;s macros
offer.
<p>The problem of vertical spacing is plain for all to see, and is
-addressed in several packages - see
-"<a href="FAQ-struttab.html">spacing of lines in tables</a>".
+addressed in several packages &mdash; see
+&ldquo;<a href="FAQ-struttab.html">spacing of lines in tables</a>&rdquo;.
<p>The argument about rules is presented in the excellent essay that
-prefaces the documentation of Simon Fear's <i>booktabs</i> package,
-which (of course) implements Fear's scheme for 'comfortable' rules.
+prefaces the documentation of Simon Fear&rsquo;s <i>booktabs</i> package,
+which (of course) implements Fear&rsquo;s scheme for &lsquo;comfortable&rsquo; rules.
(The same rule commands are implemented in the <i>memoir</i> class.)
-<p>Lamport's LaTeX was also inflexibly wrong in "insisting" that
+<p>Lamport&rsquo;s LaTeX was also inflexibly wrong in &ldquo;insisting&rdquo; that
captions should come at the bottom of a table. Since a table may
extend over several pages, traditional typography places the caption
at the top of a table float. The <code>\</code><code>caption</code> command will get its
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ position wrong (by <code>10pt</code>) if you simply write:
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
</pre>
-</blockquote>
+</blockquote><p>
The <i>topcapt</i> package solves this problem:
<blockquote>
<pre>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The <i>topcapt</i> package solves this problem:
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
</pre>
-</blockquote>
+</blockquote><p>
The <i>KOMA-script</i> classes provide a similar command
<code>\</code><code>captionabove</code>; they also have a class option
<code>tablecaptionabove</code> which arranges that <code>\</code><code>caption</code>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ with an option that has the same effect:
<pre>
\usepackage[tableposition=top]{caption}
</pre>
-</blockquote>
+</blockquote><p>
<p>Doing the job yourself is pretty easy: <i>topcapt</i> switches the
values of the LaTeX2e parameters <code>\</code><code>abovecaptionskip</code> (default
value <code>10pt</code>) and <code>\</code><code>belowcaptionskip</code> (default value <code>0pt</code>), so:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ value <code>10pt</code>) and <code>\</code><code>belowcaptionskip</code> (defaul
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
</pre>
-</blockquote>
+</blockquote><p>
does the job. (The package itself is very slightly more elaborate...)
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>booktabs.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs.zip">macros/latex/contrib/booktabs</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs/">browse</a>)