[H-GEN] LaTex Question

[Mark Venz]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 06:28:13PM -0500, irwa82 at froggy.com.au wrote:
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> Hi Guys,
> 
> I have a question about latex. I have googled but haven't found an answer
> yet.
> 
> I would like to have multiple lines in a tabular table.
> 
> e.g.
> 
> _____________________________________________________________
> |       | Po Box 123             | Invoice No: 1234          |
> | Logo  | suburb, QLD, 2222      | Invoice Date: 12/01/2004  |
> | Image |                        |                           |
> |       | Phone: 1234 1234       |                           |
> |       | Fax: 1234 4567         |                           |
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I am creating an invoice in LaTex and am going to search and replace tokens
> with it. However I can't find out how to have multiple lines in a tabular
> table or any table like the diagram above.

You could use mini-pages in the table, 
        \begin{minipage}{logosize}
                logo image
        \end{minipage}
   All your columns would need to use the minipages.
or use \multirow{nrow}[njot]{width}[vmove]{contents}
        using your example: \multirow{5}{logowidth}{Logo Image}, I'm 
        not sure what the options ([njot], [vmove] do.
   and then define each row after that:
           \begin{tabular}{|c|l|l|\hline
             \multirow{... & Po Box \ldots & Invoice # \\
                & suburb & Invoice date \\
                &  &  \\        % blank line
                etc.
                & fax & \\ \hline
           \end{tabular}

   \hline after the \\ will draw the horozontal border.

> 
> If anyone can point me to so documentation or give a code example then I
> would be greatful.

There are two books that are invaluable, Lamport's "LaTeX:Users 
guide and reference manual" and  "The LaTeX Companion" which builds 
on the Lamport book. You should be able to find tham at libraries.

Mark

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