7 Extra Tips

Simple tables can also be made in this way:

Name	Value	Units
x	2	meters
y	3	cm
z	5	seconds

It is possible to insert a figure into a table:

Name	Value	Units
x	2	meters
y	3	cm
slide rule	4058
z	5	seconds

Notice how the “:”s are used to determine the justification of the columns.

By leaving the column labels blank, one can put pictures side-by-side and make nice displays on the page:

4058 images

If you just put

then the picture will take up the whole width of the page. You can make it smaller this way:

but the image will be left-justified on the page; to center it do this:

(Reminder: Look at the .Rmd file to see what we did here!)