If we need a header for the first column but also for the entries of the first row, the top-left cell can be split to contain both header entries, separated by a diagonal line.
We will use the slashbox package. It is part of MiKTeX, but not of
TeX Live. Users of TeX Live can download it from CTAN
at http://ctan.org/pkg/slashbox.
In this recipe, we will build a time table. It's intended to be filled out by hand later, so we willuse vertical lines for delimiting fields. Follow these steps:
Use any document class. Here, we simply use the
articleclass:\documentclass{article}Load the
slashboxpackage:\usepackage{slashbox}Within the document body, create the
tabularlayout:\begin{document} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.8} \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \backslashbox{Time}{Weekday} & Monday & Tuesday & Wednesday & Thursday & Friday \\ \hline 8--10 & & & & & \\ 10--12 &...