Formatting tables - guidelines

Chapter3/chapter3.tex

@@ -38,12 +38,16 @@ doesn't it? well we can add some text to it \dots
 and here I write more \dots
 
 \section{The layout of formal tables}
+This section has been modified from ``Publication quality tables in \LaTeX*''
+ by Simon Fear.
 
-You will not go far wrong if you remember two simple
+The layout of a table has been established over centuries of experience and 
-guidelines at all times:
+should only be altered in extraordinary circumstances. 
+
+When formatting a table, remember two simple guidelines at all times:
 
 \begin{enumerate}
-  \item Never, ever use vertical rules.
+  \item Never, ever use vertical rules (lines).
   \item Never use double rules.
 \end{enumerate}
 
@@ -53,9 +57,6 @@ example, if you feel that the information in the left half of
 a table is so different from that on the right that it needs
 to be separated by a vertical line, then you should use two
 tables instead. Not everyone follows the second guideline:
-I have worked for a publisher who insisted on a
-double light rule above a row of totals. But this would not
-have been my choice.
 
 There are three further guidelines worth mentioning here as they
 are generally not known outside the circle of professional
@@ -71,23 +72,81 @@ typesetters and subeditors:
       will serve just as well. If it won't, then repeat the value.
 \end{enumerate}
 
-Whether or not you wish to follow the minor niceties,
+A frequently seen mistake is to use `\textbackslash begin\{center\}' \dots `\textbackslash end\{center\}' inside a figure or table environment. This center environment can cause additional vertical space. If you want to avoid that just use `\textbackslash centering'
-if you use only the following commands in your formal tables
+
-your reader will be grateful. I stress that
-the guidelines are not just to
-keep the pedantic happy. The principal is that enforced structure of
-presentation
-enforces structured thought in the first instance.
 
-Now we can refer to the table using Table.~\ref{t:borders}.
 \begin{table}
-\caption{Table with borders}
+\caption{A badly formatted table}
 \centering
-\label{t:borders}
+\label{table:bad_table}
-\begin{tabular}{l c r}
+\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|}
-\toprule
+\hline 
-1 & 2 & 3 \\ \midrule
+& \multicolumn{2}{c}{Species I} & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{Species II} \\ 
-4 & 5 & 6 \\ \midrule
+\hline
-7 & 8 & 9 \\ \bottomrule
+Dental measurement  & mean & SD  & mean & SD  \\ \hline 
+\hline
+I1MD & 6.23 & 0.91 & 5.2  & 0.7  \\
+\hline 
+I1LL & 7.48 & 0.56 & 8.7  & 0.71 \\
+\hline 
+I2MD & 3.99 & 0.63 & 4.22 & 0.54 \\
+\hline 
+I2LL & 6.81 & 0.02 & 6.66 & 0.01 \\
+\hline 
+CMD & 13.47 & 0.09 & 10.55 & 0.05 \\
+\hline 
+CBL & 11.88 & 0.05 & 13.11 & 0.04\\ 
+\hline 
+\end{tabular}
+\end{table}
+
+\begin{table}
+\caption{A nice looking table}
+\centering
+\label{table:nice_table}
+\begin{tabular}{l c c c c}
+\hline 
+\multirow{2}{*}{Dental measurement} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Species I} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Species II} \\ 
+\cline{2-5}
+  & mean & SD  & mean & SD  \\ 
+\hline
+I1MD & 6.23 & 0.91 & 5.2  & 0.7  \\
+
+I1LL & 7.48 & 0.56 & 8.7  & 0.71 \\
+
+I2MD & 3.99 & 0.63 & 4.22 & 0.54 \\
+
+I2LL & 6.81 & 0.02 & 6.66 & 0.01 \\
+
+CMD & 13.47 & 0.09 & 10.55 & 0.05 \\
+
+CBL & 11.88 & 0.05 & 13.11 & 0.04\\ 
+\hline 
+\end{tabular}
+\end{table}
+
+
+\begin{table}
+\caption{Even better looking table using booktabs}
+\centering
+\label{table:good_table}
+\begin{tabular}{l c c c c}
+\toprule
+\multirow{2}{*}{Dental measurement} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Species I} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Species II} \\ 
+\cmidrule{2-5}
+  & mean & SD  & mean & SD  \\ 
+\midrule
+I1MD & 6.23 & 0.91 & 5.2  & 0.7  \\
+
+I1LL & 7.48 & 0.56 & 8.7  & 0.71 \\
+
+I2MD & 3.99 & 0.63 & 4.22 & 0.54 \\
+
+I2LL & 6.81 & 0.02 & 6.66 & 0.01 \\
+
+CMD & 13.47 & 0.09 & 10.55 & 0.05 \\
+
+CBL & 11.88 & 0.05 & 13.11 & 0.04\\ 
+\bottomrule
 \end{tabular}
 \end{table}

Classes/PhDThesisPSnPDF.cls

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %%                                                                            %%
 %% A PhD thesis LaTeX template for Cambridge University Engineering Department%%
 %%                                                                            %%
-%% Version: v1.0                                                              %%
+%% Version: v1.4                                                              %%
 %% Authors: Krishna Kumar                                                     %%
 %% Date: 2013/11/16 (inception)                                               %%
 %% License: MIT License (c) 2013 Krishna Kumar                                %%

Preamble/preamble.tex

@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@
 %\usepackage{sty/caption/subcaption}
 \usepackage{subcaption}
 
-% ********************************** Table *************************************
+% ********************************** Tables ************************************
 \usepackage{booktabs} % For professional looking tables
-%\usepackage{longtable}
+\usepackage{multirow}
+
 %\usepackage{multicol}
-%\usepackage{multirow}
+%\usepackage{longtable}
 %\usepackage{tabularx}
 
 

References/references.bib

@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 % ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 % SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY FILE
 % ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@misc{cve-2008-1368,
+  key =          {CVE-2008-1368},
+  title =        {Publication quality tables in \LaTeX*},
+  howpublished = {},
+  institution  = {NIST},
+  day =       17,
+  month =     {March},
+  year =         2008,
+  note =         {[online] \url{http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1368}},
+  url = {http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1368}
+}
 
 @MISC{prime-number-theorem,
    author = "Charles Louis Xavier Joseph de la Vall{\'e}e Poussin",