\documentclass{minimal} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{cc} \begin{tabular}{c} Cell 1 \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Cell 2 \end{tabular} \end{tabular} \begin{equation} \begin{aligned} 1 & & 2 \\ 3 & & 4 \\ \end{aligned} \end{equation} \begin{environ*} A &= 10 \\&= \command{ something } \\&= 20 \end{environ*} \end{document}