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I'm using the tabularx and makecell packages for the aesthetics of my tables. I used the X column type for columns with long texts and \makecell{...} for line-breaks into the cells. But when I try to use both together, the effect of the X columns doesn't work.

In the MWE I'd like that the long text um the 3rd line of the 1st row and last column breaks automatically. Any help?

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{blindtext} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{makecell} \begin{document} \begin{table}[h] \footnotesize \centering \caption{Table's caption}% \label{tab:Example}% \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{lcX}% \toprule \textbf{Head 1} & \textbf{Head 2} & \textbf{Head 3} \\ \midrule Row 1 & 1 & \makecell[lt]{Line 1\\Line 2\\\blindtext} \\ Row 2 & 2 & \makecell[lt]{Line 1\\Line 2\\Line 3} \\ \bottomrule \end{tabularx} \end{table} \end{document}

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    X columns allow line breaks anyway, (\newline or a blank line for a new paragraph) why \makecell ? \makecell is for cases like table headings where you only want forced line breaks and there is no automatic breaking) Commented Feb 20, 2019 at 15:27
  • @DavidCarlisle Sorry. I didn't know that I could do this Commented Feb 20, 2019 at 15:31
  • X columns are just p columns so you can do anything in an X column that you can do in a standard tabular p column. Commented Feb 20, 2019 at 15:36

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You could as well use \makecell[Xt]{...} (though, like @DavidCarlisle said, it doesn't really make sense):

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{blindtext} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{makecell} \begin{document} \begin{table} \footnotesize \centering \caption{Table's caption}% \label{tab:Example}% \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{lcX}% \toprule \textbf{Head 1} & \textbf{Head 2} & \textbf{Head 3} \\ \midrule Row 1 & 1 & \makecell[Xt]{Line 1\\Line 2\\\blindtext} \\ Row 2 & 2 & \makecell[lt]{Line 1\\Line 2\\Line 3} \\ \bottomrule \end{tabularx} \end{table} \end{document}
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\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{blindtext} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{makecell} \begin{document} \begin{table}[htp] % not [h] \footnotesize \centering \caption{Table's caption}% \label{tab:Example}% \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{lcX}% \toprule \textbf{Head 1} & \textbf{Head 2} & \textbf{Head 3} \\ \midrule Row 1 & 1 & Line 1 Line 2 \blindtext \\ Row 2 & 2 & Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 \\ \bottomrule \end{tabularx} \end{table} \end{document}
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As @DavidCarlisle says, I used \newline to solve it

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{blindtext} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{makecell} \begin{document} \begin{table}[h] \footnotesize \centering \caption{Table's caption}% \label{tab:Example}% \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{lcX}% \toprule \textbf{Head 1} & \textbf{Head 2} & \textbf{Head 3} \\ \midrule Row 1 & 1 & Line 1\newline Line 2\newline\blindtext\\ Row 2 & 2 & \makecell[lt]{Line 1\\Line 2\\Line 3} \\ \bottomrule \end{tabularx} \end{table} \end{document}

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  • why use \makecell in row 2? Commented Feb 20, 2019 at 15:35

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