[Tex/LaTex] Two Columns Table in elsarticle Document Class

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I'm trying to create a pretty long table in an elsarticle.cls with a two column layout. However, I haven't been able to find a suitable option to break my table so it can fit on a single page and using the two column setting. I provide this example:

\documentclass[5p]{elsarticle}

\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{ragged2e}

\newcommand{\Title}[1]{\justifying\caption{#1}}
\newcommand{\Source}[1]{\caption*{\justifying\textbf{Source:} #1}}
\newcommand{\Note}[1]{\caption*{\justifying\textbf{Note:} #1}}

\begin{document}

%----------------------------------
\begin{frontmatter}

   \title{Two column tables in elsarticle document class}

   \author{A. J. Lee}

   \begin{abstract}
      This document asks how to break tables in two column documents.
   \end{abstract}

\end{frontmatter}

%----------------------------------
\section{Introduction}
   See table  
\begin{table}[H]
   \centering
   \begin{tabular}{p{1cm} p{1cm} p{5cm}}
   % Header
   \toprule
   \textbf{Item} & 
   \textbf{Code} & 
   % Content
   \textbf{Description} \\
   \midrule
   % Content
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
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   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   \bottomrule
   \end{tabular}
   \Title{Table}
   \Source{Own creation}
   \Note{This is an example}
\end{table}

Since this is a two column layout I can't use the longtable package. Also, I haven't used the supertabular package since I have created some new commands: \Title, \Source and \Note, and there is no place (I guess) for them within the supertabular options and maitaining the same appearance.

This is my pdf outcome:

Best Answer

You could achieve a similar result using the supertabular package:

\documentclass[5p]{elsarticle}

\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{ragged2e}

\usepackage{supertabular}

\begin{document}

\begin{frontmatter}

   \title{Two column tables in elsarticle document class}

   \author{A. J. Lee}

   \begin{abstract}
      This document asks how to break tables in two column documents.
   \end{abstract}

\end{frontmatter}

\section{Introduction}
   See table

\begin{center}
\tablehead{%
   \toprule
   \textbf{Item} & 
   \textbf{Code} & 
   \textbf{Description} \\
   \midrule}
\bottomcaption{Table caption}
\begin{supertabular}{p{1cm} p{1cm} p{5cm}}
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
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   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   A & 777 & Some random stuff \\
   \bottomrule
\end{supertabular}
\justifying
\textbf{Source:} Here is the source of the table

\textbf{Notes:} Here are some table notes
\end{center}
\end{document}

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You should use the subfig package.

\begin{table*}
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This can be used in conjunction with the floatrow package. See the subfig documentation for an example that aligns captions using floatrow.

EDIT:
Your example has an extra \begin{table} that doesn't belong. It also has a blank line which causes TeX to start a new paragraph which is why one table appears on top of the other.

Here's a complete example where I've also cleaned up your tables following the guidelines given in the documentation to the booktabs package.

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\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{table*}
\subfloat[Before processing]{
\begin{tabular}{ccccc}
\toprule
Year & Month & Country & State & Impressions\\
\midrule
2007 & JAN & IN & TN & 3\\
2007 & JAN & IN & TN & 1\\
\bottomrule 
\end{tabular}
}%
\hfill
\subfloat[After processing]{
\begin{tabular}{ccccc}
\toprule 
Year & Month & Country & State & Impressions\\
\midrule 
2007 & JAN & IN & TN & 7\\
2007 & FEB & IN & KA & 13\\
\bottomrule 
\end{tabular}
}
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\newcommand\zz[2]{\par
\bigskip
\noindent\begin{tabulary}{\textwidth}{LR}#1&#2\end{tabulary}\par
}
\usepackage{tabulary}


% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/87097/is-it-possible-to-make-an-underfull-tabulary-spread-out/87543#87543
\makeatletter

\def\foo#1\def\TY@ratio#2#3!!{
\def\TY@checkmin{#1%
#3}}
\expandafter\foo\TY@checkmin!!

\makeatother

\setlength\textwidth{10cm}

\begin{document}


\noindent X\dotfill X

\zz{The first song}{by Some Guy who lived then}

\zz{Some other song}{by Someone Else}

\zz{and another one by the same guy}{who also lived}


\zz{A fourth song }{by a guy with a Really Long Name
                               aw, he's dead, Jim}


\noindent X\dotfill X

\end{document}

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