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From: jorge.a.alfaro@gmail.com (Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo)
Subject: Re: Feature request: creating separate tables on same rows
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Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:

> In Org-mode that would be (at least) very strange, but Org-mode uses
> backends for the final docs, so you might want to look at e.g. LaTeX
> multi-column styles and if Org-mode supports them somehow. But even if
> so, it might get complicated and using AucTex directly might be the
> better choice in such cases.

I agree, in such cases I use AucTeX directly. You can use orgtbl-mode in
your tex file to build the main data of the table in LaTeX in Org form,
check: (info "(org) A LaTeX example"). Then add your multi-columns with:

#+BEGIN_LaTeX
  \multirow{''num_rows''}{''width''}{''contents''}
#+END_LaTeX

If you want multi-rows:
#+BEGIN_LaTeX
  \usepackage{multirow}
  \multirow{''num_rows''}{''width''}{''contents''}
#+END_LaTeX

A complete example, from a recent paper I was working on:

#+BEGIN_LaTeX
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{cccccc}
    \toprule
    \multirow{2}{*}{Age-group} & \multirow{2}{*}{$L-a$} &
    \multirow{2}{*}{$p_{d}$}  & \multirow{2}{*}{$p_{h}$} & 
    \multicolumn{2}{c}{Likelihood} \\
    \cmidrule(lr){5-6}
    & & & & Mean & 95\% CI \\
    \midrule
    0-5       & 83.73 & 0.00004 & 0.0141  & 0.38009 & $[0.24024,\,0.53638]$\\
    5-17      & 74.78 & 0.00001 & 0.0006  & 0.19399 & $[0.10497,\,0.31382]$\\
    18-49     & 52.52 & 0.00009 & 0.0042  & 0.12682 & $[0.07216,\,0.20166]$\\
    50-64     & 30.10 & 0.00134 & 0.0193  & 0.12682 & $[0.07216,\,0.20166]$\\
    65+       & 14.19 & 0.01170 & 0.0421  & 0.17229 & $[0.09871,\,0.26994]$\\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{Age-dependent health effect parameters.}
\end{table}

\end{document}
#+END_LaTeX

Everything between \midrule and \bottomrule is easier written with
orgtbl-mode.

Best,

Jorge.