diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index 1da9ef62e..27628cd6e 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ When using LaTeX, the following packages need to be available
 [`amsfonts`], [`amsmath`], [`lm`], [`unicode-math`],
 [`iftex`], [`listings`] (if the
 `--listings` option is used), [`fancyvrb`], [`longtable`],
-[`booktabs`], [`multirow`] (if the document contains a table with
-cells that cross multiple rows), [`graphicx`] (if the document
+[`caption`], [`booktabs`], [`multirow`] (if the document contains a table
+with cells that cross multiple rows), [`graphicx`] (if the document
 contains images), [`bookmark`], [`xcolor`],
 [`soul`], [`geometry`] (with the `geometry` variable set),
 [`setspace`] (with `linestretch`), and
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ better line breaks in URLs), and [`footnotehyper`] or
 [`lua-ul`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/lua-ul
 [`luatexja`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/luatexja
 [`longtable`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/longtable
+[`caption`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/caption
 [`mathspec`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/mathspec
 [`microtype`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/microtype
 [`multirow`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/multirow
@@ -5005,6 +5006,21 @@ of the caption. (For the syntax, see
 
       : Here's the caption. {#ident .class key="value"}
 
+### Table placement in LaTeX ###
+
+By default, pandoc will render tables in LaTeX using the `longtable`
+environment. The tables will not "float" and they can span page boundaries.
+If you prefer standard "floating" tables (which are limited to what can
+fit on one page), add the `float` class to the table's attributes
+(which can be specified after the caption). Optionally, the `latex-placement`
+attribute may be used to pass parameters affecting the float placement:
+
+    : The caption of the table. {#ident .float latex-placement="ht"}
+
+Note that `longtable` does not work with two-column layouts, so if you
+are producing a two-column document using LaTeX, you will need to specify
+the `float` class on every table (or use a Lua filter to add it automatically).
+
 ## Metadata blocks
 
 ### Extension: `pandoc_title_block` ###
diff --git a/data/templates/common.latex b/data/templates/common.latex
index 1f26b339f..f7dee4217 100644
--- a/data/templates/common.latex
+++ b/data/templates/common.latex
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ $-- tables
 $--
 $if(tables)$
 \usepackage{longtable,booktabs,array}
+\usepackage{caption}
+\captionsetup[table]{skip=6pt}
 \newcounter{none} % for unnumbered tables
 $if(multirow)$
 \usepackage{multirow}
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/PDF.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/PDF.hs
index 5bdda0770..972425091 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/PDF.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/PDF.hs
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ tex2pdf program args tmpDir source = do
                      x | "! Package inputenc Error" `BC.isPrefixOf` x
                            && program /= "xelatex"
                        -> "\nTry running pandoc with --pdf-engine=xelatex."
+                     "! Package longtable Error: longtable not in 1-column mode."
+                       -> "\nTry adding the .float class attribute to your tables."
                      _ -> ""
           return $ Left $ logmsg <> extramsg
        (ExitSuccess, Nothing)  -> return $ Left ""
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
index c9155d86d..f66f1314a 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Shared
 import Text.Pandoc.URI
 import Text.Pandoc.Slides
 import Text.Pandoc.Walk (query, walk, walkM)
-import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Notes (notesToLaTeX)
+import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Util (getAccumulatedNotes)
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Caption (getCaption)
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Table (tableToLaTeX)
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Citation (citationsToNatbib,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Types (LW, WriterState (..), startingState,
                                         PdfStandard (..))
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Lang (toBabel)
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Util (stringToLaTeX, StringContext(..),
-                                       toLabel, inCmd,
+                                       toLabel, inCmd, withExternalNotes,
                                        wrapDiv, hypertarget, labelFor,
                                        getListingsLanguage, mbBraced)
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.Shared
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ blockToLaTeX (DefinitionList lst) = do
   let spacing = if all (isTightList . snd) lst
                    then text "\\tightlist"
                    else empty
-  notes <- notesToLaTeX <$> gets stNotes
+  notes <- getAccumulatedNotes
   return $ text ("\\begin{description}" <> inc) $$ spacing $$ vcat items $$
                "\\end{description}" $$ notes
 blockToLaTeX HorizontalRule =
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ blockToLaTeX (Table attr blkCapt specs thead tbodies tfoot) =
                (Ann.toTable attr blkCapt specs thead tbodies tfoot)
 blockToLaTeX (Figure (ident, _, kvs) captnode body) = do
   opts <- gets stOptions
-  (capt, captForLof, footnotes) <- getCaption inlineListToLaTeX True captnode
+  (capt, captForLof) <- withExternalNotes $ getCaption inlineListToLaTeX captnode
   lab <- labelFor ident
   let caption = "\\caption" <> captForLof <> braces capt <> lab
       placement = case lookup "latex-placement" kvs of
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ blockToLaTeX (Figure (ident, _, kvs) captnode body) = do
         Table {}  -> Any True
         _         -> Any False)
   st <- get
+  footnotes <- getAccumulatedNotes
   return $ (case () of
     _ | containsTable body ->
           -- placing a longtable in a figure or center environment does
@@ -764,10 +765,9 @@ listItemToLaTeX isOrdered lst
 defListItemToLaTeX :: PandocMonad m => ([Inline], [[Block]]) -> LW m (Doc Text)
 defListItemToLaTeX (term, defs) = do
     -- needed to turn off 'listings' because it breaks inside \item[...]:
-    oldExternalNotes <- gets stExternalNotes
-    modify $ \s -> s{stInItem = True, stExternalNotes = True}
-    term' <- inlineListToLaTeX term
-    modify $ \s -> s{stInItem = False, stExternalNotes = oldExternalNotes}
+    modify $ \s -> s{ stInItem = True }
+    term' <- withExternalNotes $ inlineListToLaTeX term
+    modify $ \s -> s{ stInItem = False }
     -- put braces around term if it contains an internal link,
     -- since otherwise we get bad bracket interactions: \item[\hyperref[..]
     let isInternalLink (Link _ _ (src,_))
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Caption.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Caption.hs
index 9a63fee3c..12eed73f2 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Caption.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Caption.hs
@@ -21,29 +21,20 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Definition
 import Text.DocLayout (Doc, brackets, empty)
 import Text.Pandoc.Shared
 import Text.Pandoc.Walk
-import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Notes (notesToLaTeX)
-import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Types
-  ( LW, WriterState (stExternalNotes, stNotes, stInCaption) )
+import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Types ( LW, WriterState (stInCaption) )
 
 
--- | Produces the components of a LaTeX 'caption' command. Returns a triple
--- containing the caption text, the short caption for the list of
--- figures/tables, and the footnote definitions.
+-- | Produces the components of a LaTeX 'caption' command. Returns a pair
+-- containing the caption text and the short caption for the list of
+-- figures/tables.
 getCaption :: PandocMonad m
            => ([Inline] -> LW m (Doc Text)) -- ^ inlines converter
-           -> Bool                          -- ^ whether to extract notes
            -> Caption
-           -> LW m (Doc Text, Doc Text, Doc Text)
-getCaption inlineListToLaTeX externalNotes (Caption maybeShort long) = do
+           -> LW m (Doc Text, Doc Text)
+getCaption inlineListToLaTeX (Caption maybeShort long) = do
   modify $ \st -> st{ stInCaption = True }
   let long' = blocksToInlines long
-  oldExternalNotes <- gets stExternalNotes
-  modify $ \st -> st{ stExternalNotes = externalNotes, stNotes = [] }
   capt <- inlineListToLaTeX long'
-  footnotes <- if externalNotes
-                  then notesToLaTeX <$> gets stNotes
-                  else return empty
-  modify $ \st -> st{ stExternalNotes = oldExternalNotes, stNotes = [] }
   -- We can't have footnotes in the list of figures/tables, so remove them:
   let getNote (Note _) = Any True
       getNote _        = Any False
@@ -55,4 +46,4 @@ getCaption inlineListToLaTeX externalNotes (Caption maybeShort long) = do
                              else return empty
                   Just short -> toShortCapt short
   modify $ \st -> st{ stInCaption = False }
-  return (capt, captForLof, footnotes)
+  return (capt, captForLof)
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Table.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Table.hs
index 2e32d0b3f..2d51b06fa 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Table.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Table.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase        #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
 {- |
    Module      : Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Table
    Copyright   : Copyright (C) 2006-2024 John MacFarlane
@@ -24,17 +26,17 @@ import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Text.Pandoc.Class.PandocMonad (PandocMonad)
 import Text.Pandoc.Definition
 import Text.DocLayout
-  ( Doc, braces, cr, empty, hcat, hsep, isEmpty, literal, nest
-  , text, vcat, ($$) )
+  ( Doc, braces, brackets, cr, empty, hcat, hsep, isEmpty, literal, nest
+  , text, vcat, ($$))
 import Text.Pandoc.Shared (splitBy, tshow)
 import Text.Pandoc.Walk (walk, query)
 import Data.Monoid (Any(..))
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Caption (getCaption)
-import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Notes (notesToLaTeX)
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Types
-  ( LW, WriterState (stBeamer, stExternalNotes, stInMinipage, stMultiRow
-                    , stNotes, stTable, stOptions) )
-import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Util (labelFor)
+  ( LW, WriterState (stBeamer, stInMinipage, stMultiRow
+                    , stTable, stOptions) )
+import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Util (labelFor, withExternalNotes,
+                                       getAccumulatedNotes)
 import Text.Printf (printf)
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Builder as B
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Writers.AnnotatedTable as Ann
@@ -46,30 +48,103 @@ tableToLaTeX :: PandocMonad m
              -> Ann.Table
              -> LW m (Doc Text)
 tableToLaTeX inlnsToLaTeX blksToLaTeX tbl = do
+  let (Ann.Table (ident, classes, kvs) caption specs thead tbodies tfoot) = tbl
+  let placement = brackets $ maybe mempty (text . T.unpack)
+                           $ lookup "latex-placement" kvs
+  -- if the float class is included in table attributes, we generate a floating
+  -- table environment; otherwise we use longtable
+  beamer <- gets stBeamer
+  let float = "float" `elem` classes
+  let renderTable = do
+       capt <- captionToLaTeX inlnsToLaTeX caption ident
+       let isSimpleTable =
+             all ((== ColWidthDefault) . snd) specs &&
+             all (all isSimpleCell)
+               (mconcat [ headRows thead
+                        , concatMap bodyRows tbodies
+                        , footRows tfoot
+                        ])
+       let colDesc' = colDescriptors isSimpleTable tbl
+       let colDesc = braces ("@{}" <> colDesc' <> "@{}")
+                     -- the @{} removes extra space at beginning and end
+       let colCount = ColumnCount $ length specs
+       let mkHead = headToLaTeX blksToLaTeX isSimpleTable colCount
+       let mkRow = rowToLaTeX blksToLaTeX isSimpleTable colCount BodyCell
+       if float
+          then tableToLaTeXTable placement colDesc mkHead mkRow capt thead tbodies tfoot
+          else tableToLaTeXLongtable colDesc mkHead mkRow capt thead tbodies tfoot
+  -- See #5367 -- footnotehyper/footnote don't work in beamer,
+  -- so we need to produce the notes outside the table...
+  if float || beamer
+     then ($$) <$> withExternalNotes renderTable <*> getAccumulatedNotes
+     else renderTable
+
+tableToLaTeXTable :: PandocMonad m
+                  => Doc Text
+                  -> Doc Text
+                  -> (Ann.TableHead -> LW m (Doc Text))
+                  -> ([Ann.Cell] -> LW m (Doc Text))
+                  -> Doc Text
+                  -> Ann.TableHead
+                  -> [Ann.TableBody]
+                  -> Ann.TableFoot
+                  -> LW m (Doc Text)
+tableToLaTeXTable placement colDesc mkHead mkRow capt thead tbodies tfoot = do
+  opts <- gets stOptions
+  let hasTopCaption = not (isEmpty capt) &&
+                        writerTableCaptionPosition opts == CaptionAbove
+  let hasBottomCaption = not (isEmpty capt) &&
+                          writerTableCaptionPosition opts == CaptionBelow
+  head' <- if isEmptyHead thead
+               then return "\\toprule\\noalign{}"
+               else mkHead thead
+  rows' <- mapM mkRow $ mconcat (map bodyRows tbodies)
+  lastfoot <- mapM mkRow $ footRows tfoot
+  let foot' = (if isEmptyFoot tfoot
+                  then mempty
+                  else "\\midrule\\noalign{}" $$ vcat lastfoot)
+              $$ "\\bottomrule\\noalign{}"
+  modify $ \s -> s{ stTable = True }
+  let makeUnnumbered x = "{\\def\\LTcaptype{none} % do not increment counter" $$ x $$ "}"
+  return
+    $ (if null capt then makeUnnumbered else id)
+    $ "\\begin{table}" <> placement
+    $$ "\\centering"
+    $$ (if hasTopCaption
+           then capt <> "\\tabularnewline"
+           else mempty)
+    $$ "\\begin{tabular}" <> colDesc
+    $$ head'
+    $$ vcat rows'
+    $$ foot'
+    $$ "\\end{tabular}"
+    $$ (if hasBottomCaption
+           then capt <> "\\tabularnewline"
+           else mempty)
+    $$ "\\end{table}"
+
+
+tableToLaTeXLongtable :: PandocMonad m
+                      => Doc Text
+                      -> (Ann.TableHead -> LW m (Doc Text))
+                      -> ([Ann.Cell] -> LW m (Doc Text))
+                      -> Doc Text
+                      -> Ann.TableHead
+                      -> [Ann.TableBody]
+                      -> Ann.TableFoot
+                      -> LW m (Doc Text)
+tableToLaTeXLongtable colDesc mkHead mkRow capt thead tbodies tfoot = do
   opts <- gets stOptions
-  let (Ann.Table (ident, _, _) caption specs thead tbodies tfoot) = tbl
-  CaptionDocs capt captNotes <- captionToLaTeX inlnsToLaTeX caption ident
   let hasTopCaption = not (isEmpty capt) &&
                         writerTableCaptionPosition opts == CaptionAbove
   let hasBottomCaption = not (isEmpty capt) &&
                           writerTableCaptionPosition opts == CaptionBelow
-  let isSimpleTable =
-        all ((== ColWidthDefault) . snd) specs &&
-        all (all isSimpleCell)
-          (mconcat [ headRows thead
-                   , concatMap bodyRows tbodies
-                   , footRows tfoot
-                   ])
-  let removeNote (Note _) = Span ("", [], []) []
-      removeNote x        = x
-  let colCount = ColumnCount $ length specs
   -- The first head is not repeated on the following pages. If we were to just
   -- use a single head, without a separate first head, then the caption would be
   -- repeated on all pages that contain a part of the table. We avoid this by
   -- making the caption part of the first head. The downside is that we must
   -- duplicate the header rows for this.
   head' <- do
-    let mkHead = headToLaTeX blksToLaTeX isSimpleTable colCount
     case (hasTopCaption, isEmptyHead thead) of
       (False, True) -> return "\\toprule\\noalign{}"
       (False, False)  -> mkHead thead
@@ -79,15 +154,15 @@ tableToLaTeX inlnsToLaTeX blksToLaTeX tbl = do
       (True, False)   -> do
         -- avoid duplicate notes in head and firsthead:
         firsthead <- mkHead thead
+        let removeNote (Note _) = Span ("", [], []) []
+            removeNote x        = x
         repeated  <- mkHead (walk removeNote thead)
         return $ capt <> "\\tabularnewline"
                  $$ firsthead
                  $$ "\\endfirsthead"
                  $$ repeated
-  rows' <- mapM (rowToLaTeX blksToLaTeX isSimpleTable colCount BodyCell) $
-                mconcat (map bodyRows tbodies)
-  lastfoot <- mapM (rowToLaTeX blksToLaTeX isSimpleTable colCount BodyCell) $
-                    footRows tfoot
+  rows' <- mapM mkRow $ mconcat (map bodyRows tbodies)
+  lastfoot <- mapM mkRow $ footRows tfoot
   let foot' = (if isEmptyFoot tfoot
                   then mempty
                   else "\\midrule\\noalign{}" $$ vcat lastfoot)
@@ -96,14 +171,11 @@ tableToLaTeX inlnsToLaTeX blksToLaTeX tbl = do
                      then "\\tabularnewline" $$ capt
                      else mempty)
   modify $ \s -> s{ stTable = True }
-  notes <- notesToLaTeX <$> gets stNotes
   beamer <- gets stBeamer
   let makeUnnumbered x = "{\\def\\LTcaptype{none} % do not increment counter" $$ x $$ "}"
   return
     $ (if null capt then makeUnnumbered else id)
-    $ "\\begin{longtable}[]" <>
-          braces ("@{}" <> colDescriptors isSimpleTable tbl <> "@{}")
-          -- the @{} removes extra space at beginning and end
+    $ "\\begin{longtable}[]" <> colDesc
     $$ head'
     $$ "\\endhead"
     $$ vcat
@@ -120,8 +192,6 @@ tableToLaTeX inlnsToLaTeX blksToLaTeX tbl = do
                   ,  vcat rows'
                   ])
     $$ "\\end{longtable}"
-    $$ captNotes
-    $$ notes
 
 isSimpleCell :: Ann.Cell -> Bool
 isSimpleCell (Ann.Cell _ _ (Cell _attr _align _rowspan _colspan blocks)) =
@@ -184,28 +254,18 @@ colAlign = \case
   AlignCenter  -> "c"
   AlignDefault -> "l"
 
-data CaptionDocs =
-  CaptionDocs
-  { captionCommand :: Doc Text
-  , captionNotes :: Doc Text
-  }
-
 captionToLaTeX :: PandocMonad m
                => ([Inline] -> LW m (Doc Text))
                -> Caption
                -> Text     -- ^ table identifier (label)
-               -> LW m CaptionDocs
+               -> LW m (Doc Text)
 captionToLaTeX inlnsToLaTeX caption ident = do
-  (captionText, captForLot, captNotes) <- getCaption inlnsToLaTeX False caption
+  (captionText, captForLot) <- getCaption inlnsToLaTeX caption
   label <- labelFor ident
-  return $ CaptionDocs
-    { captionNotes = captNotes
-    , captionCommand = if isEmpty captionText && isEmpty label
-                       then empty
-                       else "\\caption" <> captForLot <>
-                            braces captionText
-                            <> label
-    }
+  return $ if isEmpty captionText && isEmpty label
+              then empty
+              else "\\caption" <> captForLot <>
+                     braces captionText <> label
 
 type BlocksWriter m = [Block] -> LW m (Doc Text)
 
@@ -322,11 +382,6 @@ cellToLaTeX blockListToLaTeX isSimpleTable colCount celltype annotatedCell = do
   let align = case align' of
                 AlignDefault -> specAlign
                 _            -> align'
-  beamer <- gets stBeamer
-  externalNotes <- gets stExternalNotes
-  -- See #5367 -- footnotehyper/footnote don't work in beamer,
-  -- so we need to produce the notes outside the table...
-  modify $ \st -> st{ stExternalNotes = beamer }
   let isPlainOrPara = \case
         Para{}  -> True
         Plain{} -> True
@@ -352,7 +407,6 @@ cellToLaTeX blockListToLaTeX isSimpleTable colCount celltype annotatedCell = do
                   (if hasLineBreaks then "\\strut" else mempty)
                   <> cr <>
                   "\\end{minipage}"
-  modify $ \st -> st{ stExternalNotes = externalNotes }
   when (rowspan /= RowSpan 1) $
     modify (\st -> st{ stMultiRow = True })
   let inMultiColumn x = case colspan of
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Util.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Util.hs
index d8abb2a61..fad47e84b 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Util.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Util.hs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ module Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Util (
   , labelFor
   , getListingsLanguage
   , mbBraced
+  , withExternalNotes
+  , getAccumulatedNotes
   )
 where
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Class (PandocMonad, toLang)
 import Text.Pandoc.Options (WriterOptions(..), isEnabled)
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Types (LW, WriterState(..))
 import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Lang (toBabel)
+import Text.Pandoc.Writers.LaTeX.Notes (notesToLaTeX)
 import Text.Pandoc.Highlighting (toListingsLanguage)
 import Text.DocLayout
 import Text.Pandoc.Definition
@@ -285,3 +288,20 @@ mbBraced :: Text -> Text
 mbBraced x = if not (T.all isAlphaNum x)
                 then "{" <> x <> "}"
                 else x
+
+withExternalNotes :: PandocMonad m
+                  => LW m a
+                  -> LW m a
+withExternalNotes p = do
+  oldExternalNotes <- gets stExternalNotes
+  modify $ \st -> st{ stExternalNotes = True }
+  res <- p
+  modify $ \st -> st{ stExternalNotes = oldExternalNotes }
+  return res
+
+getAccumulatedNotes :: PandocMonad m
+                    => LW m (Doc Text)
+getAccumulatedNotes = do
+  res <- notesToLaTeX <$> gets stNotes
+  modify $ \st -> st{ stNotes = [] }
+  return res
diff --git a/test/command/1023.md b/test/command/1023.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da8243bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/1023.md
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+```
+% pandoc -t latex
+:  Here's the caption.
+It may span multiple lines. {.float #ident latex-placement="ht"}
+
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+ Centered   Left             Right
+  Header    Aligned        Aligned  Default aligned
+----------  ---------  -----------  ---------------------------
+   First    row               12.0  Example of a row that spans
+                                    multiple lines.
+
+   Second   row                5.0  Here's another one.  Note
+                                    the blank line between rows.
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+^D
+\begin{table}[ht]
+\centering
+\caption{Here's the caption. It may span multiple
+lines.}\label{ident}\tabularnewline
+\begin{tabular}{@{}
+  >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{(\linewidth - 6\tabcolsep) * \real{0.1667}}
+  >{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{(\linewidth - 6\tabcolsep) * \real{0.1528}}
+  >{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}p{(\linewidth - 6\tabcolsep) * \real{0.1806}}
+  >{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{(\linewidth - 6\tabcolsep) * \real{0.3889}}@{}}
+\toprule\noalign{}
+\begin{minipage}[b]{\linewidth}\centering
+Centered Header
+\end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{\linewidth}\raggedright
+Left Aligned
+\end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{\linewidth}\raggedleft
+Right Aligned
+\end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{\linewidth}\raggedright
+Default aligned
+\end{minipage} \\
+\midrule\noalign{}
+First & row & 12.0 & Example of a row that spans multiple lines. \\
+Second & row & 5.0 & Here's another one. Note the blank line between
+rows. \\
+\bottomrule\noalign{}
+\end{tabular}
+\end{table}
+
+```
+
+```
+% pandoc -t latex
+: Simple table with no column headers {.float #ident}
+
+-------     ------ ----------   -------
+     12     12        12             12
+    123     123       123           123
+      1     1          1              1
+-------     ------ ----------   -------
+^D
+\begin{table}[]
+\centering
+\caption{Simple table with no column
+headers}\label{ident}\tabularnewline
+\begin{tabular}{@{}rlcr@{}}
+\toprule\noalign{}
+12 & 12 & 12 & 12 \\
+123 & 123 & 123 & 123 \\
+1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\
+\bottomrule\noalign{}
+\end{tabular}
+\end{table}
+
+```
+
+```
+% pandoc -t latex
++--------------------+---------------------+---------------+---------------+
+| Name^[In English.] | Capital             | Population\   | Area\         |
+|                    |                     | (in 2018)     | (in km^2^)    |
++:==================:+:====================+:==============+:==============+
+| Denmark            | Copenhagen          | 5,809,502     | 43,094        |
++--------------------+---------------------+---------------+---------------+
+| Finland            | Helsinki            | 5,537,364     | 338,145       |
++--------------------+---------------------+---------------+---------------+
+| Iceland^[Brrr.]    | Reykjavik           | 343,518       | 103,000       |
++--------------------+---------------------+---------------+---------------+
+| Norway             | Oslo                | 5,372,191     | 323,802       |
++--------------------+---------------------+---------------+---------------+
+| Sweden             | Stockholm           | 10,313,447    | 450,295       |
++====================+=====================+===============+===============+
+| Total              |                     | 27,376,022    | 1,258,336     |
++====================+=====================+===============+===============+
+
+: States belonging to the *Nordics.* {#nordics source="wikipedia" .float}
+^D
+\begin{table}[]
+\centering
+\caption{States belonging to the
+\emph{Nordics.}}\label{nordics}\tabularnewline
+\begin{tabular}{@{}
+  >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{(\linewidth - 6\tabcolsep) * \real{0.2727}}
+  >{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{(\linewidth - 6\tabcolsep) * \real{0.2857}}
+  >{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{(\linewidth - 6\tabcolsep) * \real{0.2078}}
+  >{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{(\linewidth - 6\tabcolsep) * \real{0.2078}}@{}}
+\toprule\noalign{}
+\begin{minipage}[b]{\linewidth}\centering
+Name\footnotemark{}
+\end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{\linewidth}\raggedright
+Capital
+\end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{\linewidth}\raggedright
+Population\\
+(in 2018)\strut
+\end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{\linewidth}\raggedright
+Area\\
+(in km\textsuperscript{2})\strut
+\end{minipage} \\
+\midrule\noalign{}
+Denmark & Copenhagen & 5,809,502 & 43,094 \\
+Finland & Helsinki & 5,537,364 & 338,145 \\
+Iceland\footnotemark{} & Reykjavik & 343,518 & 103,000 \\
+Norway & Oslo & 5,372,191 & 323,802 \\
+Sweden & Stockholm & 10,313,447 & 450,295 \\
+\midrule\noalign{}
+Total & & 27,376,022 & 1,258,336 \\
+\bottomrule\noalign{}
+\end{tabular}
+\end{table}
+\addtocounter{footnote}{-1}
+\footnotetext{In English.}
+\addtocounter{footnote}{1}
+\footnotetext{Brrr.}
+
+```