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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wholerow.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wholerow.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..bbd705eaba6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wholerow.html @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label wholerow</title> +</head><body> +<h3>How to change a whole row of a table</h3> +<p>Each cell of a table is set in a box, so that a change of font style +(or whatever) only lasts to the end of the cell. If one has a +many-celled table, or a long one which needs lots of rows emphasising, +putting a font style change command in every cell will be impossibly +tedious. +<p>With the <i>array</i> package, you can define column modifiers +which will change the font style for a whole <em>column</em>. However, +with a bit of subtlety, one can make such modifiers affect rows rather +than columns. So, we set things up by: +<blockquote> + +<pre> +\usepackage{array} +\newcolumntype{$}{>{\global\let\currentrowstyle\relax}} +\newcolumntype{^}{>{\currentrowstyle}} +\newcommand{\rowstyle}[1]{\gdef\currentrowstyle{#1}% + #1\ignorespaces +} +</pre> +</blockquote> +Now, we put '<code>$</code>' before the first column specifier; and we put '<code>^</code>' +before the modifiers of subsequent ones. We then use <code>\</code><code>rowstyle</code> at +the start of each row we want to modify: +<blockquote> +<pre> +\begin{tabular}{|$l|^l|^l|} \hline + \rowstyle{\bfseries} + Heading & Big and & Bold \\ \hline + Meek & mild & entry \\ + Meek & mild & entry \\ + \rowstyle{\itshape} + Strange & and & italic \\ + Meek & mild & entry \\ \hline +\end{tabular} +</pre> +</blockquote> +The <i>array</i> package works with several other +<code>tabular</code>-like environments from other packages (for +example <code>longtable</code>), but unfortunately this trick won't +always work. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>array.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools.zip">macros/latex/required/tools</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools/">browse</a>) +</dl> +<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=wholerow">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=wholerow</a> +</body> |