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Chapter3/chapter3.tex

@@ -37,16 +37,57 @@ doesn't it? well we can add some text to it \dots
 \section{Second section of the third chapter}
 and here I write more \dots
 
+\section{The layout of formal tables}
+
+You will not go far wrong if you remember two simple
+guidelines at all times:
+
+\begin{enumerate}
+  \item Never, ever use vertical rules.
+  \item Never use double rules.
+\end{enumerate}
+
+These guidelines may seem extreme but I have
+never found a good argument in favour of breaking them. For
+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
+typesetters and subeditors:
+
+\begin{enumerate}\setcounter{enumi}{2}
+  \item Put the units in the column heading (not in the body of
+          the table).
+  \item Always precede a decimal point by a digit; thus 0.1
+      {\em not} just .1.
+  \item Do not use `ditto' signs or any other such convention to
+      repeat a previous value. In many circumstances a blank
+      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,
+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}[h]
+\begin{table}
 \caption{Table with borders}
 \centering
 \label{t:borders}
-\begin{tabular}{|l|c| r|}
-
-\hline
-1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline
-4 & 5 & 6 \\ \hline
-7 & 8 & 9 \\ \hline
+\begin{tabular}{l c r}
+\toprule
+1 & 2 & 3 \\ \midrule
+4 & 5 & 6 \\ \midrule
+7 & 8 & 9 \\ \bottomrule
 \end{tabular}
 \end{table}

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Preamble/preamble.tex

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 \usepackage{subcaption}
 
 % ********************************** Table *************************************
-
+\usepackage{booktabs} % For professional looking tables
 %\usepackage{longtable}
 %\usepackage{multicol}
 %\usepackage{multirow}