documentclass{report} usepackage{booktabs} usepackage{longtable} newcommand*{thead}[1]{multicolumn{1}{c}{bfseries #1}} begin{document} begin{center} begin{longtable}{rcrrcc} toprule thead{ID} & thead{Database name} & thead{shortstack{Size\(MB)}} & thead{shortstack{No. of\records}} & thead{shortstack{Time stamp\1st record}} & thead{shortstack{Time stamp\last record}} \ midrule %input{tab-metadata} Really long table 1 & dummie & 2.1 & 33 & dummie & dummie \ 2 & dummie & 4.3 & 67 & dummie & dummie \ bottomrule end{longtable} end{center} end{document} documentclass{report} usepackage{booktabs} usepackage{longtable} newcommand*{thead}[1]{% multicolumn{1}{c}{bfseriesbegin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}#1end{tabular}}} begin{document} setlengthtabcolsep{5pt} begin{longtable}{@{}rcrrcc@{}} toprule thead{ID} & thead{Database name} & thead{Size\(MB)} & thead{No. of\records} & thead{Time stamp\1st record} & thead{Time stamp\last record} \ midrule %input{tab-metadata} Really long table 1 & dummie & 2.1 & 33 & dummie & dummie \ 2 & dummie & 4.3 & 67 & dummie & dummie \ bottomrule end{longtable} end{document} documentclass{report} usepackage{booktabs} usepackage{longtable} usepackage{makecell} renewcommandtheadfont{bfseries} usepackage{cellspace} setlengthcellspacetoplimit{4pt} setlengthcellspacebottomlimit{4pt} begin{document} begin{center} begin{longtable}{Srcrrcc} toprule thead{ID} & thead{Database name} & thead{shortstack{Size & & & \(MB)}} & thead{shortstack{No. of\records}} & thead{shortstack{Time stamp\1st record}} & thead{shortstack{Time stamp\last record}} \ midrule %input{tab-metadata} Really long table 1 & dummie & 2.1 & 33 & dummie & dummie \ 2 & dummie & 4.3 & 67 & dummie & dummie \ bottomrule end{longtable} end{center} end{document}