How can I make nice looking tables for pdf output?

[e05bf027]

I want to create prettier tables manually

I find Quarto to be generally excellent, but I am really struggling to produce pdfs with tables in them that look good. I have tried using the booktabs package and I am pretty certain I have given correct instructions for it to be loaded it correctly. I keep getting error messages. I don't love the output from the tables created in the Visual Editor, and want more control over formatting.

So I suppose my question is: does anyone know how to make tables manually that look decent in pdf output?

I am using Quarto, with R, in an M1 Macbook Air

[mcanouil]

Either use libraries/packages outputting LaTeX code for the tables.
Use raw LaTeX ```{=latex} and write your own LaTeX code.
And if you struggle with your LaTeX distribution, you should really consider using TinyTex which can be installed by Quarto (see the documentation).

[e05bf027]

It is all working now as I has hoped it would! I installed TinyTex, and wrote raw Latex (which I thought I was doing, but by your post could see that I was not doing it correctly).

Thank you.