Understood, thank you very much for explaining it :)


On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo <
jorge.a.alfaro@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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