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%% A DANTE-Edition example
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%% Example 02-18-5 on page 89.
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%% Copyright (C) 2010 Herbert Voss
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{153.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\setlength\textwidth{5.6cm}
\setlength\parskip{8pt plus 3pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\small}
\usepackage{tabularx,ragged2e}
\renewcommand\tabularxcolumn[1]{>{\small}m{#1}}
\begin{document}
Text before the table, which spans the whole line.
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{@{}
>{\setlength\hsize{0.7\hsize}\RaggedRight}X |
>{\RaggedRight}p{1cm} |
>{\setlength\hsize{1.3\hsize}\RaggedRight}X@{}}
The width of this column is determined automatically.
& This column is 1\,cm wide.
& The width of this column is determined
automatically.
\end{tabularx}\par
Text after the table, which spans the whole line.
\end{document}
