# how to put words in several lines in one cell?

The table is too wide, and I want to make it narrower by wrapping the Second under the First, how should I achieve this?

The latex code looks like this currently:

\begin{table*}[htbp]

\centering
\begin{tabular}{c|ccccc}
\hline
\textbf{\#} & \textbf{Violations} & \textbf{First Second} & \textbf{First Second} & \textbf{First Second} & \textbf{First Second} \bigstrut\\
\hline
1   & 0   & 91  & 101 & 507 & 1973.54 \bigstrut[t]\\
2   & 0   & 102 & 92  & 472 & 1874.65 \\
3   & 0   & 104 & 92  & 459 & 1856.21 \\
4   & 0   & 108 & 100 & 407 & 1790.56 \\
5   & 0   & 112 & 77  & 511 & 1723.66 \\
$\ldots$   & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}%
\end{table*}%


• @Werner the "violations" needed to be center at the row, is it possible? – sweetyBaby Mar 13 '14 at 3:55
• – Werner Mar 13 '14 at 3:55

You can use the minimalistic makecell package that could adjust the alignment of a specific cell:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{makecell}% http://ctan.org/pkg/makecell
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{c|ccccc}
\hline
\textbf{\#} & \textbf{Violations} &
\bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} &
\bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} &
\bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} &
\bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} \\
\hline
5   & 0   & 112 & 77  & 511 & 1723.66 \\
$\ldots$   & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}%
\end{table}%
\end{document}

• You could make the code even shorter using the \theadcommand and declaring \renewcommand{\theadfont}{\bfseries} in the preamble. – Bernard Mar 13 '14 at 16:29

Simplest way would be to just use two lines. To place the single line heading in the center of the row you can use \multirow from the multirow package:

## Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}
\begin{table*}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{c|ccccc}
\hline
\multirow{2}{*}{\textbf{\#}} & \multirow{2}{*}{\textbf{Violations}} & \textbf{First} & \textbf{First} & \textbf{First } & \textbf{First } \\
&  & \textbf{Second} & \textbf{Second} & \textbf{Second} & \textbf{Second} \\
\hline
5   & 0   & 112 & 77  & 511 & 1723.66 \\
$\ldots$   & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}%