In my previous post on using Org mode to make lesson notes
, I mentioned that it is possible to export Org mode tables to LATEβX. There are some benefits to using Org mode instead of raw LATEβX when making tables:
- Org mode has a powerful table editor
that makes it easy to draw out a table and move rows and columns around. Org mode will automatically make the all the columns line up nicely.
- Since the cells in an Org mode table are all nicely lined up, it makes the table much easier to visualise without having to count
&
symbols in raw LATEβX code. - Org mode allows the use of formulas in a table, somewhat like a spreadsheet β this is harder to achieve using LATEβX directly.
The tables produced by Org mode are pretty basic by default. However, you can use the LATEβX tabularray
package to customise the look of your tables. Incidentally, if you are not already using the modern tabularray to produce your LATEβX tables, you should definitely look into it β it is way more powerful and easy to use compared to the more traditional table packages (you can thank me later).