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>>>>> On 22 Jul 92 11:12:38 GMT, ajtd@st-andrews.ac.uk (Antony J. T. Davie) said:

Antony> Here's a little challenge from one who seldom uses TeX because of the
Antony> frustration of not having a local guru to ask how to do
Antony> moderately complicated things. The answer may be easy. If it
Antony> is I apologise.

Antony> I wish to typeset something like the following

Antony> 1. Item 1                                 Explanation 1
Antony> 2. Item 2                                 Explanation 2
Antony> 3. Item 3 \
Antony> 4. Item 4 |                               Explanation to 3,4 and 5
Antony> 5. Item 5 /
Antony> 6. Item 6                                 Explanation 6

Antony> where some of the items are bracketted as shown.

Antony> The trouble is that I want the lefthand ends of all the items to be
Antony> aligned and similarly with the explanations. To get the bracket I have to
Antony> go into math mode. How do I align items 1, 2 and 6 (outside math mode)
Antony> with 3,4 and 5 (in math mode)? LaTeX preferred but TeX would do.

Antony> Tony Davie

Try this:

\documentstyle{article}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{llp{3in}}
1.& item1& Explanation 1\\
2.& item2& Explanation 2\\
\multicolumn{2}{@{}c}{%
  $\nulldelimiterspace=0pt
  \left.\begin{tabular}{ll}
  3.& item3\\
  4.& item4\\
  5.& item5
  \end{tabular}\right\}$}&Explanation to 3, 4 and 5\\
6.& item6& Explanation 6
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

If you also want LaTeX style automatic numbering and cross
referencing, you would have to work a little bit harder. (only a
little bit harder !)

David
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