April 12, 2010
two latex tips
1. how to use symbol (~) in latex? simple, just use \textasciitilde. Somebody use $\sim$, that’s not correct. if you copy it in Acrobat Reader and paste it out, you will find that’s another char.
2. how to use right-alignment and top-alignment in a tabular. Here is how: http://texblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/fwd-equal-cell-width-right-and-centre-aligned-content/
to summarize, define:\newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedleft\hspace{0pt}}p{#1}} and use it in tabular \begin{tabular}{|l|x{4.5cm}|x{4.5cm}|}. but you cannot use \\ to end lines. Instead, use \tabularnewline.