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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 6-7-6 on page I-478 in "multirow --- Vertical alignment in tables".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
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%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{multirow}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
\hline
\multirow{4}{25mm}{Text in column 1 (default)}
  & Cell 1a \\\cline{2-2} & Cell 1b \\\cline{2-2}
  & Cell 1c \\\cline{2-2} & Cell 1d \\\hline
\multirow{4}{25mm}[-3mm]{Text in column 1 (lowered)}
  & Cell 2a \\\cline{2-2} & Cell 2b \\\cline{2-2}
  & Cell 2c \\\cline{2-2} & Cell 2d \\\hline
\multirow{4}{25mm}[3mm]{Text in column 1 (lifted)}
  & Cell 3a \\\cline{2-2} & Cell 3b \\\cline{2-2}
  & Cell 3c \\\cline{2-2} & Cell 3d \\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}