A list inside a table
If you use itemize
inside a p
column in tabular
a lot of unnecessary space is added. Use a properly defined column type to do the right thing. The following was posted on CTT a long time ago by Donald Arseneau for itemized and enumerated cells.
Edit: Change \multicolumn
contents to a p
column.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\makeatletter
\newcolumntype{e}[1]{%--- Enumerated cells ---
>{\minipage[t]{\linewidth}%
\NoHyper% Hyperref adds a vertical space
\let\\\tabularnewline
\enumerate
\addtolength{\rightskip}{0pt plus 50pt}% for raggedright
\setlength{\itemsep}{-\parsep}}%
p{#1}%
<{\@finalstrut\@arstrutbox\endenumerate
\endNoHyper
\endminipage}}
\newcolumntype{i}[1]{%--- Itemized cells ---
>{\minipage[t]{\linewidth}%
\let\\\tabularnewline
\itemize
\addtolength{\rightskip}{0pt plus 50pt}%
\setlength{\itemsep}{-\parsep}}%
p{#1}%
<{\@finalstrut\@arstrutbox\enditemize\endminipage}}
\AtBeginDocument{%
\@ifpackageloaded{hyperref}{}%
{\let\NoHyper\relax\let\endNoHyper\relax}}
\makeatother
\newlength{\pcolwdth}
\begin{document}
\setlength{\pcolwdth}{5cm}%
\begin{tabular}{li{\pcolwdth}}
2009--present & \multicolumn{1}{p{\pcolwdth}}{company 1} \\
& \item editor \\
2011--2012 & \multicolumn{1}{p{\pcolwdth}}{company 2} \\
& \item judge
\item jury
\item executioner \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Depending on your preference, you might just as well avoid lists and set the items using a "fake list" environment:
\documentclass{article}
\newcommand{\nextitem}{\par\hspace*{\labelsep}\textbullet\hspace*{\labelsep}}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{tabular}{rp{3in}}
2009--present & company 1
\nextitem editor \\
2011--2012 & company 2
\nextitem jury
\nextitem executioner
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
This only works because the second column is set in p
aragraph mode. You could also use an X
-column (from the tabularx
package).
An alternative suggestion altogether would be to use the moderncv
class. Here's an extract from the moderncv
template/example (there are other examples):
The list environment does not work inside l
columns, but it is fine inside p
columns:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{tabular}{l<{\raggedright}p{3in}}
2009--present & company 1
\begin{itemize}
\item editor
\end{itemize}
\\
2011--2012 & company 2
\begin{itemize}
\item jury
\item executioner
\end{itemize}
\end{tabular}
\end{document}