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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label footintab</title>
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<h3>Footnotes in tables</h3>
<p/>The standard LaTeX <code>\</code><code>footnote</code> command doesn&#8217;t work in tables;
the table traps the footnotes and they can&#8217;t escape to the bottom of
the page.  As a result, you get footnote marks in the table, and
nothing else.
<p/>This accords with common typographic advice: footnotes and tables are
reckoned not to mix.
<p/>The solution, if you accept the advice, is to use &#8220;table notes&#8221;.
The package <i>threeparttable</i> provides table notes, and
<i>threeparttablex</i> additionally supports them in
<code>longtable</code>s.  <i>Threeparttable</i> works happily in
ordinary text, or within a <code>table</code> float. 
<p/>The <i>ctable</i> package extends the model of
<i>threeparttable</i>, and also uses the ideas of the
<i>booktabs</i> package.  The <code>\</code><code>ctable</code> command does the complete
job of setting the table, placing the caption, and defining the
notes.  The &#8220;table&#8221; may consist of diagrams, and a parameter in
<code>\</code><code>ctable</code>&#8217;s optional argument makes the float that is created a
&#8220;figure&#8221; rather than a &#8220;table&#8221;.
<p/>If you really want &#8220;real&#8221; footnotes in tables, despite the expert
advice, you can:
<ul>
<li> Use <code>\</code><code>footnotemark</code> to position the little marker
  appropriately, and then put in <code>\</code><code>footnotetext</code> commands to fill in
  the text once you&#8217;ve closed the <code>tabular</code> environment.
  This is described in Lamport&#8217;s book, but it gets messy if there&#8217;s
  more than one footnote.
<li> Stick the table in a <code>minipage</code>.  Footnotes in the
  table then &#8220;work&#8221;, in the <code>minipage</code>&#8217;s style, with no
  extra effort.  (This is, in effect, somewhat like table notes, but
  the typeset appearance isn&#8217;t designed for the job.)
<li> Use <i>tabularx</i> or <i>longtable</i> from the LaTeX
  tools distribution; they&#8217;re noticeably less efficient than the
  standard <code>tabular</code> environment, but they do allow
  footnotes.
<li> Use <i>footnote</i>, which provides an
  <code>savenotes</code> which collects all footnotes and emits them
  at the end of the environment; thus if you put your
  <code>tabular</code> environment inside the environment, the
  footnotes will appear as needed.  Alternatively, you may use
  <code>\</code><code>makesavenoteenv{tabular}</code> in the preamble of your
  document, and tables will all behave as if they were inside a
  <code>savenotes</code> environment.
<li> Use <i>mdwtab</i> from the same bundle; it will handle
  footnotes as you might expect, and has other facilities to increase
  the beauty of your tables.  Unfortunately, it may be incompatible
  with other table-related packages, though not those in the standard &#8216;tools&#8217;
  bundle.
</ul>
All the techniques listed will work, to some extent, whether in a float or
in ordinary text.  The author of this FAQ answer doesn&#8217;t actually
recommend any of them, believing that table notes are the way to go&#8230;
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<dt><tt><i>ctable.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable.zip">macros/latex/contrib/ctable</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/ctable/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/ctable.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>footnote.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/footnote.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>longtable.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/longtable.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>mdwtab.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools.zip">macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mdwtools/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/mdwtab.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>threeparttable.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/threeparttable.zip">macros/latex/contrib/threeparttable</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/threeparttable/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/threeparttable.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>threeparttablex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/threeparttablex.zip">macros/latex/contrib/threeparttablex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/threeparttablex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/threeparttablex.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>tabularx.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/tabularx.html">catalogue entry</a>
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