\documentclass[a4paper]{article} % generated by Docutils \usepackage{fixltx2e} % LaTeX patches, \textsubscript \usepackage{cmap} % fix search and cut-and-paste in Acrobat \usepackage{ifthen} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{multirow} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{0} \usepackage{longtable,ltcaption,array} \setlength{\extrarowheight}{2pt} \newlength{\DUtablewidth} % internal use in tables %%% Custom LaTeX preamble % PDF Standard Fonts \usepackage{mathptmx} % Times \usepackage[scaled=.90]{helvet} \usepackage{courier} %%% User specified packages and stylesheets %%% Fallback definitions for Docutils-specific commands % hyperlinks: \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\hypersetup}}{ \usepackage[colorlinks=true,linkcolor=blue,urlcolor=blue]{hyperref} \urlstyle{same} % normal text font (alternatives: tt, rm, sf) }{} %%% Body \begin{document} Multirows dont work. \section{Attention% \label{attention}% } % \begin{itemize} \item cell spanning in multirow table is missing ! \item blank lines in multirows are not alloed \end{itemize} \setlength{\DUtablewidth}{\linewidth} \begin{longtable}[c]{|p{0.086\DUtablewidth}|p{0.098\DUtablewidth}|} \caption{row on left side}\\ \hline \multirow{2}{0.09\DUtablewidth}{% left span } & right \\ \cline{2-2} & single \\ \hline belo & b too \\ \hline \end{longtable} \setlength{\DUtablewidth}{\linewidth} \begin{longtable}[c]{|p{0.086\DUtablewidth}|p{0.086\DUtablewidth}|} \caption{row on right side}\\ \hline abov & e \\ \hline left & \multirow{2}{0.09\DUtablewidth}{% right right right } \\ \cline{1-1} left & \\ \hline \end{longtable} \setlength{\DUtablewidth}{\linewidth} \begin{longtable}[c]{|p{0.086\DUtablewidth}|p{0.086\DUtablewidth}|p{0.086\DUtablewidth}|} \caption{row in the midle}\\ \hline left & \multirow{2}{0.09\DUtablewidth}{% mid mid mid } & right \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{3-3} left & & right \\ \hline \end{longtable} \setlength{\DUtablewidth}{\linewidth} \begin{longtable}[c]{|p{0.086\DUtablewidth}|p{0.086\DUtablewidth}|p{0.098\DUtablewidth}|} \caption{row left and right}\\ \hline \multirow{2}{0.09\DUtablewidth}{% left left } & mid & \multirow{2}{0.10\DUtablewidth}{% right 2 right } \\ \cline{2-2} & mid & \\ \hline \end{longtable} \setlength{\DUtablewidth}{\linewidth} \begin{longtable}[c]{|p{0.086\DUtablewidth}|p{0.051\DUtablewidth}|p{0.098\DUtablewidth}|} \caption{row on left side}\\ \hline \multirow{4}{0.09\DUtablewidth}{% left span } & \multirow{2}{0.05\DUtablewidth}{% 1 } & right \\ \cline{3-3} & & secnd \\ \cline{2-2} \cline{3-3} & \multirow{2}{0.05\DUtablewidth}{%} & 3rd \\ \cline{3-3} & & single \\ \hline belo & 3 & b too \\ \hline \end{longtable} \end{document}