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<span id="Multitable-Rows-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">9.5.2 Multitable Rows</h4>
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<p>After the <code>@multitable</code> command defining the column widths (see
the previous section), you begin each row in the body of a multitable
with <code>@item</code>, and separate the column entries with <code>@tab</code>.
Line breaks are not special within the table body, and you may break
input lines in your source file as necessary.
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<p>You can also use <code>@headitem</code> instead of <code>@item</code> to produce
a <em>heading row</em>. The TeX output for such a row is in bold, and
the HTML and Docbook output uses the <code><thead></code> tag. In Info, the
heading row is followed by a separator line made of dashes (‘<samp>-</samp>’
characters).
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<p>The command <code>@headitemfont</code> can be used in templates when the
entries in a <code>@headitem</code> row need to be used in a template. It
is a synonym for <code>@b</code>, but using <code>@headitemfont</code> avoids
any dependency on that particular font style, in case we provide a way
to change it in the future.
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<p>Here is a complete example of a multi-column table (the text is from
<cite>The GNU Emacs Manual</cite>, see <a href="../emacs/Split-Window.html#Split-Window">Splitting Windows</a> in <cite>The GNU Emacs Manual</cite>):
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<pre class="example">@multitable @columnfractions .15 .45 .4
@headitem Key @tab Command @tab Description
@item C-x 2
@tab @code{split-window-vertically}
@tab Split the selected window into two windows,
with one above the other.
@item C-x 3
@tab @code{split-window-horizontally}
@tab Split the selected window into two windows
positioned side by side.
@item C-Mouse-2
@tab
@tab In the mode line or scroll bar of a window,
split that window.
@end multitable
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<p>produces:
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<table>
<thead><tr><th width="15%">Key</th><th width="45%">Command</th><th width="40%">Description</th></tr></thead>
<tr><td width="15%">C-x 2</td><td width="45%"><code>split-window-vertically</code></td><td width="40%">Split the selected window into two windows,
with one above the other.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%">C-x 3</td><td width="45%"><code>split-window-horizontally</code></td><td width="40%">Split the selected window into two windows
positioned side by side.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%">C-Mouse-2</td><td width="45%"></td><td width="40%">In the mode line or scroll bar of a window,
split that window.</td></tr>
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