[Tex/LaTex] table with caption in letter class

captionsletterstables

Self explanatory title question: How do I get to produce a table with caption in a letter class?

A working example would be great.

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The letter class does not define the float types of table or figure, so \captionof from caption package will fail as will \caption of course too (since there are no figure or table environments).

However, it is possible to provide a 'fake' table environment with \DeclareFloatingEnvironment from newfloat.

\documentclass{letter}

\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{newfloat}

\DeclareFloatingEnvironment[fileext=lot]{table}

\address{Ministry of Silly Walks\\ The Embankment\\ London}
\name{Mr. Gumby}
\begin{document}

\begin{letter}{Ann Elk}
\opening{Dear Sirs, I wish to report a burglary}

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
  1 & 2 & 3 
\end{tabular}
\captionof{table}{My nice table}
\end{center}
\closing{And now for something completely different}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Letter class alternatives with support for figures, tables, and labels

I recommend using the scrlttr2 class.

It is extremely flexible
It is actively maintained
It is stable since many years; if there would occur any bug I'm sure the author would deal with it quickly
There are templates (German example)
The class includes concepts which distinguish it from other classes, such as variables, pseudo lengths
You can use option files to store macros or to extend functionality
You could even use \section, \subsection, \subsubsection, \paragraph and \minisec: the KOMA-Script author provides the option file sections.lco for it, with an example
It benefits from features of the KOMA-Script bundle
You can use scrpage2 with it for header and footer
You can use tables and figures with captions, for example if you load the float and the caption package
Here's a German presentation about separation of content and presentation using scrlttr2: briefdemo.pdf (source code)

Originally, the KOMA-Script manual, including the sclttr2 documentation, has been written in German, also published as a book. There's an english translation, which could be a bit behind the most current features (currently 2011-05-30).

As a general remark: I expect a letter class to provide letter functionality, a book class to offer book features etc. - not a class to do all. There are many classes for different purposes and even if one uses two classes, the results can be merged.

[Tex/LaTex] Table caption very skinny

In ACM document classes, I think you create tables via the \tbl macro.

\begin{table}
\tbl{caption}{%                                          
\begin{tabular}
...
\end{tabular}}
\end{table}

See section 4.2 of the documentation for acmsmall for example.

Change the table to:

\begin{table}
\tbl{A summary of the data sets shown throughout this paper.}{
\begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c}
Data set & Image size & Hole size (pix) & Total time\\
\hline
Mailbox & 459 $\times$ 489 & 30171 & 1m5s \\
Electric boxes & 688 $\times$ 478 & 45434 & 2m19s\\
Trashcan & 572 $\times$ 517 & 42734 & 1m59s\\
Air conditioners & 400 $\times$ 496 & 13709 & 23s
\end{tabular}}
\label{tab:Timing}
\end{table}

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