I am a new user (both to LaTeX & this forum).
I want to create a Comparison Table for an Article (like the one shown here):
Can someone please help me with this.
[Tex/LaTex] How to Create Comparison Tables in LaTeX
formattingtables
Related Solutions
I would create a macro that contains the construction of the name/signature/date setup. Then you can pass parameters to the macro so it can be somewhat dynamic.
In the minimal working example below, the macro \namesigdate[<width>]{<name>} does exactly that. You can pass it <name> which prints the name of the person at the top. This argument is mandatory. The width of the line is set at 5cm (default). If you want to change this, you can use the optional <width> argument that takes any known (La)TeX length:
\documentclass{article}
\newcommand{\namesigdate}[2][5cm]{%
\begin{tabular}{@{}p{#1}@{}}
#2 \\[2\normalbaselineskip] \hrule \\[0pt]
{\small \textit{Signature}} \\[2\normalbaselineskip] \hrule \\[0pt]
{\small \textit{Date}}
\end{tabular}
}
\begin{document}
\noindent \namesigdate{Name1} \hfill \namesigdate[3cm]{Name2}
\end{document}
I've also formatted the "Signature" and "Date" to be print using \small\itshape, although that can be modified.
Here's a solution using titleps:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{titleps}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newcommand\HeaderTitle{Time For Action -- Embedding a picture within text}
\newpagestyle{myheader}
{
\sethead{}{\colorbox{black}{\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{%
\strut\textcolor{white}{\sffamily\large\bfseries\HeaderTitle}}}}{}
}
\pagestyle{myheader}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-3]
\end{document}
The idea is to use a new page style using a \parbox of width equal to \textwidth inside a \colorbox.
Here's the same idea but using now fancyhdr:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newcommand\HeaderTitle{Time For Action -- Embedding a picture within text}
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyhf[C]{\colorbox{black}{\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{%
\strut\textcolor{white}{\sffamily\large\bfseries\HeaderTitle}}}}
\setlength\headheight{18pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-3]
\end{document}
Now that I reread the question, I am not sure if a header (as in header/footer) was required or if the question is about the tiles for a sectional unit (\section, for example). My two examples above solve the first case; for the second case, here's a solution with titlesec (in both cases the idea for the solution reamains the same):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\titleformat{\section}
{\normalfont\large\sffamily\bfseries}{}{0em}
{\colorbox{black}{\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{%
\textcolor{white}{\thesection\quad#1}}}}
\titleformat{name=\section,numberless}
{\normalfont\large\sffamily\bfseries}{}{0em}
{\colorbox{black} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{%
\textcolor{white}{#1}}}}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[2]
\section*{Time For Action -- Embedding a picture within text}
\lipsum[2]
\end{document}
Best Answer
I swear somebody said TikZ!