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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 6-3-9 on page I-454 in "widetable --- An alternative to \protect \nxLenv {tabular*}".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{348.0pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{array}
%StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular*}{\linewidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}
*{2}{|>{\small\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{32mm}}|c|}
\hline\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{The p-columns} &
Centered column \\\hline\hline
The Two Gentlemen of Verona & The Taming of the Shrew &
The Comedy of Errors \\\hline
Love's Labour's Lost & A Midsummer Night's Dream &
The Merchant of Venice \\\hline
The Merry Wives of Windsor & Much Ado About Nothing &
As You Like It \\\hline
Twelfth Night & Troilus and Cressida &
\empty
\ldots
%Measure for Measure \\\hline
%All's Well That Ends Well &
%Pericles, Prince of Tyre &
%The Winter's Tale \\\hline
%Cymbeline &
%The Tempest & \\\hline
\end{tabular*}
\end{document}
