Publication quality tables in LaTex

Abstract

This article describes some additional commands to enhance the quality of tables in LATEX. Guidelines are given as to what constitutes a good table in this context. The 2000 release (Version 1.61) of the booktabs package, described herein, adds some enhancements to the 1995 release (Version 1.00),most notably longtable compatibility. Releases (Versions 1.618, 1.6180, 1.61803 and 1.618033) are only bug patches, support for the colortbl package and better compatability with longtable.