Thorsten Jolitz <tjol...@gmail.com> writes:
> In Org-mode that would be (at least) very strange, but Org-mode uses
> backends for the final docs, so you might want to look at e.g. LaTeX
> multi-column styles and if Org-mode supports them somehow. But even if
> so, it might get complicated and using AucTex directly might be the
> better choice in such cases.
I agree, in such cases I use AucTeX directly. You can use orgtbl-mode in
your tex file to build the main data of the table in LaTeX in Org form,
check: (info "(org) A LaTeX example"). Then add your multi-columns with:
#+BEGIN_LaTeX
\multirow{''num_rows''}{''width''}{''contents''}
#+END_LaTeX
If you want multi-rows:
#+BEGIN_LaTeX
\usepackage{multirow}
\multirow{''num_rows''}{''width''}{''contents''}
#+END_LaTeX
A complete example, from a recent paper I was working on:
#+BEGIN_LaTeX
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{cccccc}
\toprule
\multirow{2}{*}{Age-group} & \multirow{2}{*}{$L-a$} &
\multirow{2}{*}{$p_{d}$} & \multirow{2}{*}{$p_{h}$} &
\multicolumn{2}{c}{Likelihood} \\
\cmidrule(lr){5-6}
& & & & Mean & 95\% CI \\
\midrule
0-5 & 83.73 & 0.00004 & 0.0141 & 0.38009 & $[0.24024,\,0.53638]$\\
5-17 & 74.78 & 0.00001 & 0.0006 & 0.19399 & $[0.10497,\,0.31382]$\\
18-49 & 52.52 & 0.00009 & 0.0042 & 0.12682 & $[0.07216,\,0.20166]$\\
50-64 & 30.10 & 0.00134 & 0.0193 & 0.12682 & $[0.07216,\,0.20166]$\\
65+ & 14.19 & 0.01170 & 0.0421 & 0.17229 & $[0.09871,\,0.26994]$\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{Age-dependent health effect parameters.}
\end{table}
\end{document}
#+END_LaTeX
Everything between \midrule and \bottomrule is easier written with
orgtbl-mode.
Best,
Jorge.
