After reading this question Should I use center or centering for figures?, I want to know the answer of the following. When should we use \\begin{center} instead of \\centering? For example, should...

The correct way is \begin{figure} \centering ... (Code for pictures, captions) ... \end{figure} \begin{center} ... \end{center} inside a figure environment will result in (generally unwanted) additional vertical …

May 25, 2015 · In the MWE below. What is the most convenient way to center the titles Preface and Abstract, rather than setting them flush left? \\documentclass{book} \\begin{document} …

Aug 22, 2016 · 2 If you prefer the centering to be anchored at the alignment point, an alternative (although somewhat hacky) solution is to use \mathllap{•} and \mathrlap{•} inside a single gather …

May 18, 2016 · Command \centering (the same without the blank line of environment center) wants to center the image (s) inside the given text width. With \centering the images are centered and placed …

Sep 6, 2018 · Here is an example of centering the text over a multicol environment and returning to justified text for the following content. There may be a better way, but I got errors trying to use a …

I think \center is what happens "under the hood" when you call begin{center} (and on the other end, \end{center} shows up as \endcenter), while \centering just applies to the entire current scope.

If you want to horizontally center all contents inside of a p type column, it is easier to use >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{5cm} instead of adding \centering to every single cell.

@wasteofspace Using \centering will not justify all the lines of the paragraph leading up to the last line. Try putting a six-line paragraph in Gonzalo's setting vs the same in yours and note the difference in …

The second option does not appear to work. I would like to include a tabular environment without using floats, but centering it.