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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 6-4-4 on page I-462 in "longtable --- Alternative multipage tabulars".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{135.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{longtable,supertabular}
\usepackage[font=it,labelfont=bf]{caption}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[t]\centering
 \caption{A standard table}
 \begin{tabular}{ccc} 1 & 2 & 3 \end{tabular}
\end{table}

\begin{longtable}{ccc}\caption{A longtable}\\
 1 & 2 & 3 \end{longtable}

\centering
\tablecaption{A supertabular}
\begin{supertabular}{ccc} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \end{supertabular}
\end{document}