If you have a table and you want a caption and a label, you have to put the label after the caption. No idea why, but it just won’t work if you do it the other way round. Also, the caption and label should be outside the tabular block.

Tables: merging columns

To merge columns, use:

column 1 text & multicolumn{3}{|c|} {multicolumn text – must be in curly brackets} \ cline{2-4}

categories: Nature and Science and Tech
tags: computing, latex, top tips
last modified: 20th Feb 2012