cannot align text in a simple table












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I can not simply align the text by using p{xxlinewidth} and color in the same tabular.



The result is very awful... a conflicting package problem ?



anyone who has an idea is welcome ;)



sample:



why B below A and C ?



source:



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{color}


begin{document}

begin{table}
begin{tabular}{p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}}

A & color{red}{B} & C \

end{tabular}
end{table}

end{document}









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    Use textcolor{red}{B} or leavevmodecolor{red}{B}. The problem is in invoking color while in vertical mode.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:34













  • @StevenB.Segletes Maybe you should post it as the answer :)

    – Raaja
    May 23 '17 at 14:34
















2















I can not simply align the text by using p{xxlinewidth} and color in the same tabular.



The result is very awful... a conflicting package problem ?



anyone who has an idea is welcome ;)



sample:



why B below A and C ?



source:



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{color}


begin{document}

begin{table}
begin{tabular}{p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}}

A & color{red}{B} & C \

end{tabular}
end{table}

end{document}









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  • 4





    Use textcolor{red}{B} or leavevmodecolor{red}{B}. The problem is in invoking color while in vertical mode.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:34













  • @StevenB.Segletes Maybe you should post it as the answer :)

    – Raaja
    May 23 '17 at 14:34














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2








2








I can not simply align the text by using p{xxlinewidth} and color in the same tabular.



The result is very awful... a conflicting package problem ?



anyone who has an idea is welcome ;)



sample:



why B below A and C ?



source:



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{color}


begin{document}

begin{table}
begin{tabular}{p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}}

A & color{red}{B} & C \

end{tabular}
end{table}

end{document}









share|improve this question














I can not simply align the text by using p{xxlinewidth} and color in the same tabular.



The result is very awful... a conflicting package problem ?



anyone who has an idea is welcome ;)



sample:



why B below A and C ?



source:



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{color}


begin{document}

begin{table}
begin{tabular}{p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}}

A & color{red}{B} & C \

end{tabular}
end{table}

end{document}






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  • 4





    Use textcolor{red}{B} or leavevmodecolor{red}{B}. The problem is in invoking color while in vertical mode.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:34













  • @StevenB.Segletes Maybe you should post it as the answer :)

    – Raaja
    May 23 '17 at 14:34














  • 4





    Use textcolor{red}{B} or leavevmodecolor{red}{B}. The problem is in invoking color while in vertical mode.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:34













  • @StevenB.Segletes Maybe you should post it as the answer :)

    – Raaja
    May 23 '17 at 14:34








4




4





Use textcolor{red}{B} or leavevmodecolor{red}{B}. The problem is in invoking color while in vertical mode.

– Steven B. Segletes
May 23 '17 at 14:34







Use textcolor{red}{B} or leavevmodecolor{red}{B}. The problem is in invoking color while in vertical mode.

– Steven B. Segletes
May 23 '17 at 14:34















@StevenB.Segletes Maybe you should post it as the answer :)

– Raaja
May 23 '17 at 14:34





@StevenB.Segletes Maybe you should post it as the answer :)

– Raaja
May 23 '17 at 14:34










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When you invoke a p column, you are in a parbox (or is it minipage?) that enters that column in vertical mode. Some commands act differently in vertical (page) mode than in horizontal (paragraph) mode. color is one of them. The way to remedy the issue is to either use textcolor which will leave vertical mode itself, or to explicitly leave vertical mode with a leavevmode. I show both methods below.



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{color}


begin{document}

begin{table}
begin{tabular}{p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}}

A & leavevmodecolor{red}B & C \

A & textcolor{red}{B} & C \

end{tabular}
end{table}

end{document}


enter image description here



Other macros that will suffer the same fate, and thus require a leavevmode to behave in the "expected" way, include llap, rlap, and (outside of tabular environments) marginpar.






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    @Jc Crivello I had the same thought, and found this related question that may be helpful.

    – sk8forether
    May 23 '17 at 14:42






  • 1





    @sk8forether Vertical alignment of the parbox is certainly an issue too, but it is unique from the vertical/horizontal mode issue in which you found yourself with this question.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:43













  • @JcCrivello Note that color{red}{B} of your MWE, while not wrong, gives an improper impression. color{} is a declaration, taking no additional arguments such as {B}. All text that follows is affected by the color change until the end of the current group. Thus, the syntax should be color{} B. On the other hand textcolor{}{} is the macro that not only defines the color, but also the text to which to apply it.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:56











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When you invoke a p column, you are in a parbox (or is it minipage?) that enters that column in vertical mode. Some commands act differently in vertical (page) mode than in horizontal (paragraph) mode. color is one of them. The way to remedy the issue is to either use textcolor which will leave vertical mode itself, or to explicitly leave vertical mode with a leavevmode. I show both methods below.



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{color}


begin{document}

begin{table}
begin{tabular}{p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}}

A & leavevmodecolor{red}B & C \

A & textcolor{red}{B} & C \

end{tabular}
end{table}

end{document}


enter image description here



Other macros that will suffer the same fate, and thus require a leavevmode to behave in the "expected" way, include llap, rlap, and (outside of tabular environments) marginpar.






share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    @Jc Crivello I had the same thought, and found this related question that may be helpful.

    – sk8forether
    May 23 '17 at 14:42






  • 1





    @sk8forether Vertical alignment of the parbox is certainly an issue too, but it is unique from the vertical/horizontal mode issue in which you found yourself with this question.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:43













  • @JcCrivello Note that color{red}{B} of your MWE, while not wrong, gives an improper impression. color{} is a declaration, taking no additional arguments such as {B}. All text that follows is affected by the color change until the end of the current group. Thus, the syntax should be color{} B. On the other hand textcolor{}{} is the macro that not only defines the color, but also the text to which to apply it.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:56
















2














When you invoke a p column, you are in a parbox (or is it minipage?) that enters that column in vertical mode. Some commands act differently in vertical (page) mode than in horizontal (paragraph) mode. color is one of them. The way to remedy the issue is to either use textcolor which will leave vertical mode itself, or to explicitly leave vertical mode with a leavevmode. I show both methods below.



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{color}


begin{document}

begin{table}
begin{tabular}{p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}}

A & leavevmodecolor{red}B & C \

A & textcolor{red}{B} & C \

end{tabular}
end{table}

end{document}


enter image description here



Other macros that will suffer the same fate, and thus require a leavevmode to behave in the "expected" way, include llap, rlap, and (outside of tabular environments) marginpar.






share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    @Jc Crivello I had the same thought, and found this related question that may be helpful.

    – sk8forether
    May 23 '17 at 14:42






  • 1





    @sk8forether Vertical alignment of the parbox is certainly an issue too, but it is unique from the vertical/horizontal mode issue in which you found yourself with this question.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:43













  • @JcCrivello Note that color{red}{B} of your MWE, while not wrong, gives an improper impression. color{} is a declaration, taking no additional arguments such as {B}. All text that follows is affected by the color change until the end of the current group. Thus, the syntax should be color{} B. On the other hand textcolor{}{} is the macro that not only defines the color, but also the text to which to apply it.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:56














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When you invoke a p column, you are in a parbox (or is it minipage?) that enters that column in vertical mode. Some commands act differently in vertical (page) mode than in horizontal (paragraph) mode. color is one of them. The way to remedy the issue is to either use textcolor which will leave vertical mode itself, or to explicitly leave vertical mode with a leavevmode. I show both methods below.



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{color}


begin{document}

begin{table}
begin{tabular}{p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}}

A & leavevmodecolor{red}B & C \

A & textcolor{red}{B} & C \

end{tabular}
end{table}

end{document}


enter image description here



Other macros that will suffer the same fate, and thus require a leavevmode to behave in the "expected" way, include llap, rlap, and (outside of tabular environments) marginpar.






share|improve this answer















When you invoke a p column, you are in a parbox (or is it minipage?) that enters that column in vertical mode. Some commands act differently in vertical (page) mode than in horizontal (paragraph) mode. color is one of them. The way to remedy the issue is to either use textcolor which will leave vertical mode itself, or to explicitly leave vertical mode with a leavevmode. I show both methods below.



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{color}


begin{document}

begin{table}
begin{tabular}{p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}p{0.2linewidth}}

A & leavevmodecolor{red}B & C \

A & textcolor{red}{B} & C \

end{tabular}
end{table}

end{document}


enter image description here



Other macros that will suffer the same fate, and thus require a leavevmode to behave in the "expected" way, include llap, rlap, and (outside of tabular environments) marginpar.







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  • 1





    @Jc Crivello I had the same thought, and found this related question that may be helpful.

    – sk8forether
    May 23 '17 at 14:42






  • 1





    @sk8forether Vertical alignment of the parbox is certainly an issue too, but it is unique from the vertical/horizontal mode issue in which you found yourself with this question.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:43













  • @JcCrivello Note that color{red}{B} of your MWE, while not wrong, gives an improper impression. color{} is a declaration, taking no additional arguments such as {B}. All text that follows is affected by the color change until the end of the current group. Thus, the syntax should be color{} B. On the other hand textcolor{}{} is the macro that not only defines the color, but also the text to which to apply it.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:56














  • 1





    @Jc Crivello I had the same thought, and found this related question that may be helpful.

    – sk8forether
    May 23 '17 at 14:42






  • 1





    @sk8forether Vertical alignment of the parbox is certainly an issue too, but it is unique from the vertical/horizontal mode issue in which you found yourself with this question.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:43













  • @JcCrivello Note that color{red}{B} of your MWE, while not wrong, gives an improper impression. color{} is a declaration, taking no additional arguments such as {B}. All text that follows is affected by the color change until the end of the current group. Thus, the syntax should be color{} B. On the other hand textcolor{}{} is the macro that not only defines the color, but also the text to which to apply it.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    May 23 '17 at 14:56








1




1





@Jc Crivello I had the same thought, and found this related question that may be helpful.

– sk8forether
May 23 '17 at 14:42





@Jc Crivello I had the same thought, and found this related question that may be helpful.

– sk8forether
May 23 '17 at 14:42




1




1





@sk8forether Vertical alignment of the parbox is certainly an issue too, but it is unique from the vertical/horizontal mode issue in which you found yourself with this question.

– Steven B. Segletes
May 23 '17 at 14:43







@sk8forether Vertical alignment of the parbox is certainly an issue too, but it is unique from the vertical/horizontal mode issue in which you found yourself with this question.

– Steven B. Segletes
May 23 '17 at 14:43















@JcCrivello Note that color{red}{B} of your MWE, while not wrong, gives an improper impression. color{} is a declaration, taking no additional arguments such as {B}. All text that follows is affected by the color change until the end of the current group. Thus, the syntax should be color{} B. On the other hand textcolor{}{} is the macro that not only defines the color, but also the text to which to apply it.

– Steven B. Segletes
May 23 '17 at 14:56





@JcCrivello Note that color{red}{B} of your MWE, while not wrong, gives an improper impression. color{} is a declaration, taking no additional arguments such as {B}. All text that follows is affected by the color change until the end of the current group. Thus, the syntax should be color{} B. On the other hand textcolor{}{} is the macro that not only defines the color, but also the text to which to apply it.

– Steven B. Segletes
May 23 '17 at 14:56


















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