In my dissertation, I have a glossary that explains some abbreviations I use. I put this in a table to make it look nicer. However, LaTeX does not break lines at the end of the page.
I know that I could force a line break at any point in the table, but it is a long table (much work!) and manual line breaks make the text look jagged and ugly. Is there a nice way to either have a nice-looking glossary or make LaTeX break lines automatically in a table?
…if LaTeX wouldn't do these things every so often I would really love it. The way it is, I constantly switch between affection and anger…
Best Answer
Why are you using a table for your glossary? Are you aware of the glossaries package? It lets you create beautiful glossaries with a minimum effort.
If you still want to use a table, I suggest you to use the tabularx, it defines the
X
column type which creates columns of adjustable width with word wrapping.For example: