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Center page as a whole without centering each element individually
Center figure which spans over whole pagecenter and centeringcentering doesn't seem to center my textHow to center align the whole table?How to center align the whole table?The photo doesn't center when using centeringCenter the text in whole pageCentering versus Centercentering does not center textWhy does centering not center?
I have some narrow text and tabular environments that I'd like to center based on the horizontal space they use up in total. However, it's important that when centered, the original alignments between the elements are preserved. So the effect would be more like increasing margins. Naturally, centering won't work, as it centers every element individually.
The closest I've come is using a minipage and scaling the width by eye. The total width of the page content might vary though. So is there a way to do this kind of centering?
I guess if there's a way to measure the total width that a page takes, it could be fed to minipage. I have very little experience with LaTeX macros and what's generally possible. So any help would be greatly appreciated!
Here's an example.


And a minimal code with all cases:
documentclass[12pt]article
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[finnish]babel
usepackagegensymb
setlengthparskip1em
begindocument
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
centering
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
centering
beginminipage0.3linewidth
setlengthparskip1em
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
endminipage
enddocument
horizontal-alignment
add a comment |
I have some narrow text and tabular environments that I'd like to center based on the horizontal space they use up in total. However, it's important that when centered, the original alignments between the elements are preserved. So the effect would be more like increasing margins. Naturally, centering won't work, as it centers every element individually.
The closest I've come is using a minipage and scaling the width by eye. The total width of the page content might vary though. So is there a way to do this kind of centering?
I guess if there's a way to measure the total width that a page takes, it could be fed to minipage. I have very little experience with LaTeX macros and what's generally possible. So any help would be greatly appreciated!
Here's an example.


And a minimal code with all cases:
documentclass[12pt]article
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[finnish]babel
usepackagegensymb
setlengthparskip1em
begindocument
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
centering
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
centering
beginminipage0.3linewidth
setlengthparskip1em
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
endminipage
enddocument
horizontal-alignment
1
Please make a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your issue.
– leandriis
2 hours ago
1
If you can provide the code that produces the above content, one could better assist you with ideas on how to centre the content.
– Werner
2 hours ago
@leandriis Added.
– Felix
2 hours ago
@Felix: Thanks for adding the example. If I understand you correctly, you basically would like to achieve the result in the third example?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
@leandriis Correct, the second one is the attempt usingcentering, which I'm sure you see is not the proper output.
– Felix
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I have some narrow text and tabular environments that I'd like to center based on the horizontal space they use up in total. However, it's important that when centered, the original alignments between the elements are preserved. So the effect would be more like increasing margins. Naturally, centering won't work, as it centers every element individually.
The closest I've come is using a minipage and scaling the width by eye. The total width of the page content might vary though. So is there a way to do this kind of centering?
I guess if there's a way to measure the total width that a page takes, it could be fed to minipage. I have very little experience with LaTeX macros and what's generally possible. So any help would be greatly appreciated!
Here's an example.


And a minimal code with all cases:
documentclass[12pt]article
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[finnish]babel
usepackagegensymb
setlengthparskip1em
begindocument
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
centering
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
centering
beginminipage0.3linewidth
setlengthparskip1em
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
endminipage
enddocument
horizontal-alignment
I have some narrow text and tabular environments that I'd like to center based on the horizontal space they use up in total. However, it's important that when centered, the original alignments between the elements are preserved. So the effect would be more like increasing margins. Naturally, centering won't work, as it centers every element individually.
The closest I've come is using a minipage and scaling the width by eye. The total width of the page content might vary though. So is there a way to do this kind of centering?
I guess if there's a way to measure the total width that a page takes, it could be fed to minipage. I have very little experience with LaTeX macros and what's generally possible. So any help would be greatly appreciated!
Here's an example.


And a minimal code with all cases:
documentclass[12pt]article
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[finnish]babel
usepackagegensymb
setlengthparskip1em
begindocument
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
centering
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
centering
beginminipage0.3linewidth
setlengthparskip1em
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
endminipage
enddocument
horizontal-alignment
horizontal-alignment
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Felix
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1
Please make a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your issue.
– leandriis
2 hours ago
1
If you can provide the code that produces the above content, one could better assist you with ideas on how to centre the content.
– Werner
2 hours ago
@leandriis Added.
– Felix
2 hours ago
@Felix: Thanks for adding the example. If I understand you correctly, you basically would like to achieve the result in the third example?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
@leandriis Correct, the second one is the attempt usingcentering, which I'm sure you see is not the proper output.
– Felix
1 hour ago
add a comment |
1
Please make a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your issue.
– leandriis
2 hours ago
1
If you can provide the code that produces the above content, one could better assist you with ideas on how to centre the content.
– Werner
2 hours ago
@leandriis Added.
– Felix
2 hours ago
@Felix: Thanks for adding the example. If I understand you correctly, you basically would like to achieve the result in the third example?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
@leandriis Correct, the second one is the attempt usingcentering, which I'm sure you see is not the proper output.
– Felix
1 hour ago
1
1
Please make a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your issue.
– leandriis
2 hours ago
Please make a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your issue.
– leandriis
2 hours ago
1
1
If you can provide the code that produces the above content, one could better assist you with ideas on how to centre the content.
– Werner
2 hours ago
If you can provide the code that produces the above content, one could better assist you with ideas on how to centre the content.
– Werner
2 hours ago
@leandriis Added.
– Felix
2 hours ago
@leandriis Added.
– Felix
2 hours ago
@Felix: Thanks for adding the example. If I understand you correctly, you basically would like to achieve the result in the third example?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
@Felix: Thanks for adding the example. If I understand you correctly, you basically would like to achieve the result in the third example?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
@leandriis Correct, the second one is the attempt using
centering, which I'm sure you see is not the proper output.– Felix
1 hour ago
@leandriis Correct, the second one is the attempt using
centering, which I'm sure you see is not the proper output.– Felix
1 hour ago
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Instead of a minipage you could use a varwidth environment - this will automatically shrink to the necessary width:
documentclass[12pt]article
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[finnish]babel
usepackagegensymb
setlengthparskip1em
usepackagevarwidth
begindocument
centering
beginvarwidthlinewidth
setlengthparskip1em
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
endvarwidth
enddocument

Well damn, yet again I'm not alone with my problems. Simple. Effective. Thanks!
– Felix
1 hour ago
@Felix You're welcome! Thanks to the nice MWE you prepared, this was easy to answer!
– samcarter
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I would just set the constructions inside a tabular (that doesn't have any column padding, although that's necessary). The tabular will expand as needed, ultimately representing an unbreakable box that you can centre:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
begindocument
centering
begintabular@ l @
Intro \
\
begintabular l
C & C
endtabular \
\
Juttu \
\
begintabular l
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C
endtabular
endtabular
enddocument
Having the line breaks everywhere bothers me a bit. Maybe too much. But yeah, didn't think of that, thanks for the answer!
– Felix
1 hour ago
Maybe one could also useIntro \[parskip]instead ofIntro \ \?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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Instead of a minipage you could use a varwidth environment - this will automatically shrink to the necessary width:
documentclass[12pt]article
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[finnish]babel
usepackagegensymb
setlengthparskip1em
usepackagevarwidth
begindocument
centering
beginvarwidthlinewidth
setlengthparskip1em
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
endvarwidth
enddocument

Well damn, yet again I'm not alone with my problems. Simple. Effective. Thanks!
– Felix
1 hour ago
@Felix You're welcome! Thanks to the nice MWE you prepared, this was easy to answer!
– samcarter
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Instead of a minipage you could use a varwidth environment - this will automatically shrink to the necessary width:
documentclass[12pt]article
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[finnish]babel
usepackagegensymb
setlengthparskip1em
usepackagevarwidth
begindocument
centering
beginvarwidthlinewidth
setlengthparskip1em
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
endvarwidth
enddocument

Well damn, yet again I'm not alone with my problems. Simple. Effective. Thanks!
– Felix
1 hour ago
@Felix You're welcome! Thanks to the nice MWE you prepared, this was easy to answer!
– samcarter
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Instead of a minipage you could use a varwidth environment - this will automatically shrink to the necessary width:
documentclass[12pt]article
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[finnish]babel
usepackagegensymb
setlengthparskip1em
usepackagevarwidth
begindocument
centering
beginvarwidthlinewidth
setlengthparskip1em
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
endvarwidth
enddocument

Instead of a minipage you could use a varwidth environment - this will automatically shrink to the necessary width:
documentclass[12pt]article
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[finnish]babel
usepackagegensymb
setlengthparskip1em
usepackagevarwidth
begindocument
centering
beginvarwidthlinewidth
setlengthparskip1em
Intro
begintabularl
C & C \
endtabular
Juttu
begintabularl
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
endtabular
endvarwidth
enddocument

edited 1 hour ago
Werner
448k709911697
448k709911697
answered 1 hour ago
samcartersamcarter
92.2k7105298
92.2k7105298
Well damn, yet again I'm not alone with my problems. Simple. Effective. Thanks!
– Felix
1 hour ago
@Felix You're welcome! Thanks to the nice MWE you prepared, this was easy to answer!
– samcarter
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Well damn, yet again I'm not alone with my problems. Simple. Effective. Thanks!
– Felix
1 hour ago
@Felix You're welcome! Thanks to the nice MWE you prepared, this was easy to answer!
– samcarter
1 hour ago
Well damn, yet again I'm not alone with my problems. Simple. Effective. Thanks!
– Felix
1 hour ago
Well damn, yet again I'm not alone with my problems. Simple. Effective. Thanks!
– Felix
1 hour ago
@Felix You're welcome! Thanks to the nice MWE you prepared, this was easy to answer!
– samcarter
1 hour ago
@Felix You're welcome! Thanks to the nice MWE you prepared, this was easy to answer!
– samcarter
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I would just set the constructions inside a tabular (that doesn't have any column padding, although that's necessary). The tabular will expand as needed, ultimately representing an unbreakable box that you can centre:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
begindocument
centering
begintabular@ l @
Intro \
\
begintabular l
C & C
endtabular \
\
Juttu \
\
begintabular l
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C
endtabular
endtabular
enddocument
Having the line breaks everywhere bothers me a bit. Maybe too much. But yeah, didn't think of that, thanks for the answer!
– Felix
1 hour ago
Maybe one could also useIntro \[parskip]instead ofIntro \ \?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I would just set the constructions inside a tabular (that doesn't have any column padding, although that's necessary). The tabular will expand as needed, ultimately representing an unbreakable box that you can centre:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
begindocument
centering
begintabular@ l @
Intro \
\
begintabular l
C & C
endtabular \
\
Juttu \
\
begintabular l
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C
endtabular
endtabular
enddocument
Having the line breaks everywhere bothers me a bit. Maybe too much. But yeah, didn't think of that, thanks for the answer!
– Felix
1 hour ago
Maybe one could also useIntro \[parskip]instead ofIntro \ \?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I would just set the constructions inside a tabular (that doesn't have any column padding, although that's necessary). The tabular will expand as needed, ultimately representing an unbreakable box that you can centre:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
begindocument
centering
begintabular@ l @
Intro \
\
begintabular l
C & C
endtabular \
\
Juttu \
\
begintabular l
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C
endtabular
endtabular
enddocument
I would just set the constructions inside a tabular (that doesn't have any column padding, although that's necessary). The tabular will expand as needed, ultimately representing an unbreakable box that you can centre:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[margin=1in]geometry
begindocument
centering
begintabular@ l @
Intro \
\
begintabular l
C & C
endtabular \
\
Juttu \
\
begintabular l
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C \
C & C & Am & G \
C Dm & C & C quad G G & C
endtabular
endtabular
enddocument
answered 1 hour ago
WernerWerner
448k709911697
448k709911697
Having the line breaks everywhere bothers me a bit. Maybe too much. But yeah, didn't think of that, thanks for the answer!
– Felix
1 hour ago
Maybe one could also useIntro \[parskip]instead ofIntro \ \?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Having the line breaks everywhere bothers me a bit. Maybe too much. But yeah, didn't think of that, thanks for the answer!
– Felix
1 hour ago
Maybe one could also useIntro \[parskip]instead ofIntro \ \?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
Having the line breaks everywhere bothers me a bit. Maybe too much. But yeah, didn't think of that, thanks for the answer!
– Felix
1 hour ago
Having the line breaks everywhere bothers me a bit. Maybe too much. But yeah, didn't think of that, thanks for the answer!
– Felix
1 hour ago
Maybe one could also use
Intro \[parskip] instead of Intro \ \ ?– leandriis
1 hour ago
Maybe one could also use
Intro \[parskip] instead of Intro \ \ ?– leandriis
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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If you can provide the code that produces the above content, one could better assist you with ideas on how to centre the content.
– Werner
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@leandriis Added.
– Felix
2 hours ago
@Felix: Thanks for adding the example. If I understand you correctly, you basically would like to achieve the result in the third example?
– leandriis
1 hour ago
@leandriis Correct, the second one is the attempt using
centering, which I'm sure you see is not the proper output.– Felix
1 hour ago