[OS X TeX] table help

[Maarten Sneep]

On 20 May 2005, at 17:46, Jason Davies wrote:

> Big Topic A&Big Topic B (two columns, with vertical line between)
> Sub-topic of A1, sub-topic of A2, sub-topic of B1, sub-topic of B2
> (three vertical lines for 4 columns, and henceforth like that.)
>
> should I just put two together with no gaps?

\begin{tabular}{l|l|l|l}
\multicolumn{2}{l}{Big topic A} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Big topic B}\\
Sub-topic of A1 & sub-topic of A2 & sub-topic of B1 & sub-topic of B2\ 
\ \hline
... & ... & ... & ...\\
. . .
\end{tabular}

However, vertical lines in tables are usually frowned upon by designers.

Maarten
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