Convert Google Sheets table to LaTeX

Small script to convert the selected area from a Google Sheets document to a LaTeX table.

What's supported:

• Merged columns
• Merged rows
• Multi-row cells (newline within a cell)
• Frequently used special characters

Installation

You can install it on the Sheets you are using, it's not a global add-on like the ones in the store:

• Go to tools, Script Editor
• Paste the content of the .js file into the editor
• Save, close the editor
• Select the range you want to convert
• Click Add-ons / LaTeX Table / Selection to LaTeX table

Sample

In Google Sheets

Generated LaTeX code

\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
& & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{multi column} & \\
\hline
& & col1 & col2 & col3 \\
\hline
& row1 & data1 & data4 & data7 \\
\hline
\multirow{2}{*}{multi row} & row2 & data2 & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}data5\\multiline cell\end{tabular} & data8 \\
\cline{2-5}
& row3 & data3 & symbols work too \$ \textasciitilde \textbackslash \# & data9 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{table:table}
\caption{\small{}} 
\end{table}

LaTeX visual