How to draw diagonal table borders in latex, like in Excel?

excel, latex

Solution

Short answer: LaTeX regular tables don't have that capability.

Long answer: It can surely be done but with more effort, as shown by similar (but not quite the same) questions in Tex.Stackexchange:

- Inclined line between two cells in a table

- Diagonal lines in table cell

Problem

Is it possible to draw diagonal (parallelogram) cells in LaTeX: the cell content is diagonal, and the cell's originally vertical borders are also diagonal. Here is what I managed to do using the rotating package: ``` \begin{tabular}{|r|c|c|} \hline \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ & \begin{rotate}{45}Trying to save some horizontal space\end{rotate} & \begin{rotate}{45}While keeping headers readable\end{rotate} \\ \hline this & is & a \\ \hline sample & latex & table \\ \hline \end{tabular} ``` Here is a screenshot of the output vs what is possible using Excel:

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