[Tex/LaTex] Table with a numbered list

Question

What is the best way to make a table/list that looks like this:

1. Item 1
        subitem      type    date
        subitem      type    date

2. Item 2
        subitem      type    date
        subitem      type    date
...

The subitems, types and dates should be aligned. I'm using the article document class with no special fonts.

Answer 1

You can simply use the standard enumerate and tabular environments:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}
  \item Item 1 \par
  \begin{tabular}{p{0.25\linewidth}p{0.25\linewidth}p{0.25\linewidth}}
    subitem & type & date \\
    subitem & type & date \\
  \end{tabular}
  \item Item 2 \par
  \begin{tabular}{p{0.25\linewidth}p{0.25\linewidth}p{0.25\linewidth}}
    subitem & type & date \\
    subitem & type & date \\
  \end{tabular}
  \item Item 3 \par
  \begin{tabular}{p{0.25\linewidth}p{0.25\linewidth}p{0.25\linewidth}}
    subitem & type & date \\
    subitem & type & date \\
  \end{tabular}
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

Another option, if you want automatic calculation for the column width, would be to use the tabularx package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}
  \item Item 1 \par
  \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{XXX}
    subitem & type & date \\
    subitem & type & date \\
  \end{tabularx}
  \item Item 2 \par
  \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{XXX}
    subitem & type & date \\
    subitem & type & date \\
  \end{tabularx}
  \item Item 3 \par
  \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{XXX}
    subitem & type & date \\
    subitem & type & date \\
  \end{tabularx}
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}