Terms of Use
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These terms cover your use of the LaTeX Table Generator website, including the editor on the home page and every page on this site.
Agreeing to these terms
By using the site you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use it. The site is run by an independent developer, not a company (“I”, “me”); see About. The Privacy Policy explains how data is handled and forms part of these terms.
What the service is
LaTeX Table Generator is a free web tool that turns tables you type, paste or import into LaTeX code. It escapes special characters, writes merged cells, rules, captions and column formats, lists the packages the code needs, shows a typeset preview, and estimates whether the table fits the line width of several common document classes, with options to change the table so it does. It runs in your browser. There are no accounts, subscriptions or paid features, and the site shows no ads.
Generated code and the fit check
The code follows the documented behaviour of LaTeX and of the packages named in it, and the examples on the site are tested against that behaviour. It is still generated automatically, and LaTeX documents vary. The tool does not know:
- your document class, its options, or packages in your preamble that redefine tables, rules, captions or fonts;
- a journal’s or university’s own rules for tables, such as caption placement, type size or whether vertical rules are allowed;
- the exact metrics of the fonts your document uses, which can make the real width differ by a few points from the estimate;
- older LaTeX installations or package versions that behave differently from current ones;
- whether the numbers you entered are correct, or whether rounding them suits your field’s reporting rules.
The fit check measures the preview, which is set in fonts that match the chosen class, against line widths taken from the class files. It is an estimate, not a compile. Compile your document and look at the result before you submit it anywhere. The output is not professional advice on typesetting, publishing or statistics.
Your responsibilities
You are responsible for the data you put into tables and for having the right to use it, including data from other people’s papers. Keep your own copy of anything important: the site keeps your table only in your own browser (the open tab, plus a copy of the last table it can offer back), so clearing this site’s data or using another browser or device loses it, and I can’t recover it.
Acceptable use
Please don’t:
- send automated or bulk requests that put unusual load on the site;
- try to break, bypass or overload the site’s security, limits or servers;
- use the feedback form to send spam, abuse, malware or other people’s personal information;
- present the site, its examples or its text as your own work, or copy the site wholesale;
- use the site for anything unlawful.
I may block access that breaks these rules.
Open in Overleaf
Open in Overleaf sends the document shown under Full document from your browser to Overleaf, a separate service with its own terms and privacy policy, which apply to anything you do there. I am not affiliated with Overleaf and have no control over whether that feature keeps working on their side.
Feedback
If you send feedback or suggestions, you let me use them to improve the site without owing you anything. Please don’t include confidential information or anything you don’t want me to read.
Who owns what
Your data, and the LaTeX code generated from it, belong to you. You may use the code in papers, theses, books and any other work, commercial or not, without credit. The site’s design, text and own code belong to me and are protected by copyright. You may link to any page and quote short parts of the explanations with a link back. The example tables contain sample numbers made up for illustration, not results from real studies.
Sources, outside links and open-source parts
Line widths and type sizes come from the LaTeX standard classes, IEEEtran and acmart, as listed under Sources on the home page. Links to CTAN, GitHub and Overleaf are given for convenience; I don’t control those sites and am not responsible for their content.
The preview uses the Computer Modern Unicode fonts, Tinos, Libertinus Serif and Source Sans 3 under the SIL Open Font License (Tinos under the Apache License 2.0), and math is drawn with KaTeX under the MIT License. Those licences, not these terms, govern those parts.
Availability and changes to the service
I aim to keep the site available but don’t promise that it will always be online, fast or free of errors. I may change, pause or remove features, including the document classes in the fit check, for maintenance or any other reason.
No warranty
To the extent the law allows, the site is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement.
Limitation of liability
To the extent the law allows, I am not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for losses such as a rejected submission, a table that doesn’t compile or doesn’t fit, missed deadlines or lost profits, arising from your use of the site or reliance on its output. Because the service is free, my total liability for any claim is limited to 50 US dollars. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can’t be limited by law, such as for fraud or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.
Your consumer rights
If you use the site as a consumer, you keep any statutory rights the law of the place you live gives you that can’t be waived by agreement. These terms don’t take those rights away.
Ending use
You can stop using the site at any time. I may stop providing the site, or block access for anyone who breaks these terms. The sections on ownership, no warranty and limitation of liability continue to apply after use ends.
General
If any part of these terms can’t be enforced, the rest still applies. Not enforcing a term straight away doesn’t waive it. These terms are the whole agreement between you and me about the site.
Changes to these terms
I may update these terms when the site changes. The date at the top shows the latest version, and continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.
Contact
Questions about these terms can go through the Send feedback button on the contact page.