> The main text stretches across the page (one column), > but I want the tables adjacent so that they can be more > easily compared. > What's the right way, please?
I would do it with diversions (see attached roff source and resulting pdf).
.\" tbl .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .nr LL 21c-5c .nr LX (\n(LL-1c)/2 .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .\" initialize line width and indent .sp 3c .ll \n(LLu .in 0 .fi Foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz. Foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz. Foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz. Foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz. .sp .4 .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .\" reduced line width for tables .ll \n(LXu .di T1 .TS \" expand not needed, just for demo center box tab(#) expand; css ccc lnn. Table 1 _ Date#Min#Max 20/09/2013#5.2#12.6 21/09/2013#4.3#11.5 22/09/2013#2.7#10.1 23/09/2013#2.5# 9.7 24/09/2013#3.4#11.6 24/09/2013#4.5#12.7 25/09/2013#5.1#13.2 .TE .sp .5 .ft I Notes: .ft P you can even add some table notes or perhaps a caption. .br .di .nr TH \n(dn .di T2 .TS center box tab(#) expand; css ccc lnn. Table 2 _ Date#Min#Max 26/09/2013#6.7#14.5 27/09/2013#5.8#14.0 28/09/2013#5.5#13.7 29/09/2013#5.2#13.5 30/09/2013#5.9#114.1 \01/10/2013#6.5#15.6 \02/10/2013#7.2#16.5 .TE .di .if \n(dn>\n(TH .nr TH \n(dn .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .\" print diversions in no-fill mode .ne \n(THu .mk .nf .T1 .rt .in \n(LXu+1c .T2 .rt .sp \n(THu .\" ---------------------------------------------------------------- .\" back to full line width for text .sp .6 .ll \n(LLu .in 0 .fi Foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz. Foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz. Foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz. Foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz foo bar baz.
tblsidebyside.pdf
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