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LaTeX - Fixed table column width while aligning text left/center/right
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fixed_table_column_width_aligned_text_demo.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\centering\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{\raggedleft\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{| c | L{3cm} | C{3cm} | R{3cm} |}
foo &
A cell with text that wraps around, is raggedright and allows \newline
manual line breaks &
A cell with text that wraps around, is centered and allows \newline
manual line breaks &
A cell with text that wraps around, is raggedleft and allows \newline
manual line breaks \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
@btjanaka
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Really helpful. Thanks!

@CharizardAcademy
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thank you, it works like a charm :)

@AleMuzzi
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You saved me a lot of time, thanks!

@austinkocher
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Fantastic! This is brilliant.

@skang67
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skang67 commented Sep 30, 2022

Great help. Thanks!

@lifangda01
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Very helpful.

@MartinRisoy
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Thank you for that, helped my table from looking like a piece of garbage.

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