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The table is too wide, and I want to make it narrower by wrapping the Second under the First, how should I achieve this?

The latex code looks like this currently:

\begin{table*}[htbp]


 \centering
  \caption{Add caption}
    \begin{tabular}{c|ccccc}
    \hline
    \textbf{\#} & \textbf{Violations} & \textbf{First Second} & \textbf{First Second} & \textbf{First Second} & \textbf{First Second} \bigstrut\\
    \hline
    1   & 0   & 91  & 101 & 507 & 1973.54 \bigstrut[t]\\
    2   & 0   & 102 & 92  & 472 & 1874.65 \\
    3   & 0   & 104 & 92  & 459 & 1856.21 \\
    4   & 0   & 108 & 100 & 407 & 1790.56 \\
    5   & 0   & 112 & 77  & 511 & 1723.66 \\
    $\ldots$   & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$ \\
    \hline
    \end{tabular}%
  \label{tab:addlabel}%
\end{table*}%

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Best Answer

You can use the minimalistic makecell package that could adjust the alignment of a specific cell:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{makecell}% http://ctan.org/pkg/makecell
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
  \centering
  \caption{Add caption}
  \begin{tabular}{c|ccccc}
    \hline
    \textbf{\#} & \textbf{Violations} & 
      \bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} & 
      \bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} & 
      \bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} & 
      \bfseries\makecell[c]{First \\ Second} \\
    \hline
    5   & 0   & 112 & 77  & 511 & 1723.66 \\
    $\ldots$   & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$  & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$   & $\ldots$ \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}%
\end{table}%
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Diagonal lines in table cell

Exact solution with TikZ:

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{makecell}
\newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{#1}}

\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand\diag[4]{%
  \multicolumn{1}{p{#2}|}{\hskip-\tabcolsep
  $\vcenter{\begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=0,anchor=south west,inner sep=#1]
  \path[use as bounding box] (0,0) rectangle (#2+2\tabcolsep,\baselineskip);
  \node[minimum width={#2+2\tabcolsep},minimum height=\baselineskip+\extrarowheight] (box) {};
  \draw (box.north west) -- (box.south east);
  \node[anchor=south west] at (box.south west) {#3};
  \node[anchor=north east] at (box.north east) {#4};
 \end{tikzpicture}}$\hskip-\tabcolsep}}

\begin{document}
\setlength{\extrarowheight}{0.1cm}
\begin{tabular}{|x{0.5cm}|x{0.5cm}|x{0.5cm}|x{0.5cm}|x{0.5cm}|}\hline
&&&&20\\ \hline
&&&&30\\ \hline
&&&&45\\ \hline
15&12&18&50&\diag{.1em}{.5cm}{$a_i$}{$b_j$}\\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

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Also it is a reimplementation of \diaghead.

[Tex/LaTex] How to put white line separator for cell/column

Use colortbl. I have used blue just to demonstrate as here background is white. You may change blue to white (\arrayrulecolor{white}) in your actual case.

 \documentclass{article}
 \usepackage{array,multirow,colortbl}
 \begin{document}
 \arrayrulecolor{blue}         %% change blue to white in your case
 \begin{tabular}{|c|cc|}\hline
 \multirow{4}{*}{Foo} & 1 & 2 \\
   & 1 & 2 \\\cline{2-3}
   & 1 & 2 \\
   & 1 & 2 \\\hline
  \multirow{4}{*}{Bar} & 1 & 2 \\
     & 1 & 2 \\\cline{2-3}
     & 1 & 2 \\
     & 1 & 2 \\\hline
   \end{tabular}
\end{document}

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For details Refer to documentation of colortble page 5 and 6 sections 7 and 8. To get documentation run texdoc colortbl from command prompt or visit texdoc.net

Another option is to use xcolor package with [table] option:

\documentclass{article}
 \usepackage{array,multirow}
 \usepackage[table]{xcolor}
 \begin{document}
 \pagecolor{blue!40} %% just to demonstrate - remove in your file
 \arrayrulecolor{white}
 \begin{tabular}{|c|cc|}\hline
 \multirow{4}{*}{Foo} & 1 & 2 \\
   & 1 & 2 \\\cline{2-3}
   & 1 & 2 \\
   & 1 & 2 \\\hline
  \multirow{4}{*}{Bar} & 1 & 2 \\
     & 1 & 2 \\\cline{2-3}
     & 1 & 2 \\
     & 1 & 2 \\\hline
   \end{tabular}
\end{document}

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Edit:

It works for long tables also:

\documentclass{article}
 \usepackage{array,multirow,longtable}
 % \usepackage{colortbl}
 \usepackage[table]{xcolor}
 \usepackage[textheight=10cm]{geometry} %% onlly for testing
 \begin{document}
 \pagecolor{blue} %% just to demonstrate - remove in your file
 \arrayrulecolor{white}
 \begin{tabular}{|c|cc|}\hline
 \multirow{4}{*}{Foo} & 1 & 2 \\
   & 1 & 2 \\\cline{2-3}
   & 1 & 2 \\
   & 1 & 2 \\\hline
  \multirow{4}{*}{Bar} & 1 & 2 \\
     & 1 & 2 \\\cline{2-3}
     & 1 & 2 \\
     & 1 & 2 \\\hline
   \end{tabular}
   
  
\begin{longtable}{|>{\bf\centering\arraybackslash}p{1in}| p{2in}|}
\hline
\large{Name} & \large{\textbf{Definition}}\\ \hline
\endfirsthead
\hline
\large{Name} & \large{\textbf{Definition}}\\ \hline
\endhead
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{r}{continued \ldots}
\endfoot
\hline
\endlastfoot

  Newton's first law & An object will \\ \hline
  Newton's second law & The net force \\\hline
  Newton's third law & When two bodies \\ \hline
  Linear momentum & The product of an object's \\ \hline
  Net force on a body & Is said to be equal \\ \hline
  Impulse of a force & The product of \\\hline
  Principle of conservation of momentum & In a closed system, \\
    \hline
  Perfectly elastic collision & A collision is \\ \hline
  Inelastic collision & A collision is \\ \hline
  Radian & $\pi$ radians = $180^\circ$\\ \hline
  Gravitational field strength & The gravitational force
    \\\hline
  Newton's law of gravitation & Any two point masses\\\hline
\end{longtable}
\end{document}

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Edit:

For a query in the comment below:

You may use some thing like

\newcolumntype{M}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{#1}} %% this needs array package
\begin{longtable}{|M{1.4cm}|M{1cm}|M{1cm}|M{3.7cm}|M{1.8cm}|M{1.8cm}|}

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