Re: Quick Latex question

[Rob Mahurin <robm@mad.scientist.com>]

On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 11:33:34AM +0000, Jose Marin wrote:
> 
> Just use the minipage environment for each of the tables. Do something
> like this: (for instance)
> 
>   \begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
>     \begin{table}[t]
>       \begin{center}
>         \begin{tabular}[]{}
>           % Table entries here
>         \end{tabular}
>         \caption{Table on the left}
>         \label{tab:left}
>       \end{center}
>     \end{table}
>   \end{minipage}
> 
>   \hfill  % Stretchable spacing
> 
>[duplicate above]

This gives this error:


! LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.6   \begin{table}[t]
                      
? h
You've lost some text.  Try typing  <return>  to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type  X <return>  to quit.


If I remove the [t], it fails on \begin
                                       {center}.

If I comment out the minipage lines, the table comes out fine.  With
them in, In either case, my minipage doesn't print.  What's happening?

I'm going to put this back on the list in case anybody else knows.

Thanks a lot,

Rob

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