\documentclass{article} \usepackage{bidi} \title{Testing \LaTeX's Default Tabular in \textsf{RTL} and \textsf{LTR}} \author{Vafa Khalighi} \newcommand{\rb}[1]{\raisebox{1.5ex}[0mm]{#1}} \begin{document} \maketitle In this document we test \LaTeX's default tabular in \textsf{RTL} and \textsf{LTR}. \section{LTR} \begin{center}\small \begin{tabular}{|l||c|l|c|l|c|l|} \hline & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{6.15--7.15 pm} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{7.20--8.20 pm} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{8.30--9.30 pm} \\ \cline{2-7} && Teacher && Teacher && Teacher \\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5}\cline{7-7} \rb{Day} & \rb{Subj.} & Room & \rb{Subj.} & Room & \rb{Subj.} & Room\\ \hline\hline && Dr.~Smith && Ms.~Clark && Mr.~Mills\\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5}\cline{7-7} \rb{Mon.} & \rb{UNIX} & Comp. Ctr & \rb{Fortran} & Hall A & \rb{Math.} & Hall A \\ \hline && Miss Baker && Ms.~Clark && Mr.~Mill\\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5}\cline{7-7} \rb{Tues.} & \rb{\LaTeX} & Conf.~Room & \rb{Fortran} & Conf~Room & \rb{Math.} & Hall A \\ \hline && Dr.~Smith && Dr.~Jones && Dr.~Jones \\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5}\cline{7-7} \rb{Wed.} & \rb{UNIX} & Comp. Ctr & \rb{C} & Hall A & \rb{ComSci.} & Hall A \\ \hline && Miss Baker && Ms. Clark & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{} \\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5} \rb{Fri.} & \rb{\LaTeX} & Conf.~Room & \rb{C++} & Conf.~Room & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\rb{canceled}}\\ \hline \end{tabular}\end{center} \section{RTL} \setRTL \begin{center}\small \begin{tabular}{|r||c|r|c|r|c|r|} \hline & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{6.15--7.15 pm} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{7.20--8.20 pm} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{8.30--9.30 pm} \\ \cline{2-7} && Teacher && Teacher && Teacher \\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5}\cline{7-7} \rb{Day} & \rb{Subj.} & Room & \rb{Subj.} & Room & \rb{Subj.} & Room\\ \hline\hline && Dr.~Smith && Ms.~Clark && Mr.~Mills\\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5}\cline{7-7} \rb{Mon.} & \rb{UNIX} & Comp. Ctr & \rb{Fortran} & Hall A & \rb{Math.} & Hall A \\ \hline && Miss Baker && Ms.~Clark && Mr.~Mill\\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5}\cline{7-7} \rb{Tues.} & \rb{\LaTeX} & Conf.~Room & \rb{Fortran} & Conf~Room & \rb{Math.} & Hall A \\ \hline && Dr.~Smith && Dr.~Jones && Dr.~Jones \\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5}\cline{7-7} \rb{Wed.} & \rb{UNIX} & Comp. Ctr & \rb{C} & Hall A & \rb{ComSci.} & Hall A \\ \hline && Miss Baker && Ms. Clark & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{} \\ \cline{3-3}\cline{5-5} \rb{Fri.} & \rb{\LaTeX} & Conf.~Room & \rb{C++} & Conf.~Room & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\rb{canceled}}\\ \hline \end{tabular}\end{center} \end{document}