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ggsailing
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Width of Table and its Columns

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Hello,

I have been using LaTeX for a little while to write my thesis. I now need to include some fairly large tables, mainly containing text. I have tried to use suggestions from this forum and others to fix my problem but haven't managed to get my errors fixed.

The below code generates a table that has the last column missing off (title =Included) and the column named '16Sub' seems really large, not the size I specified in P{}.

Thanks in advance.

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{longtable}

\begin{document}
\begin{landscape}
\begin{center}


\begin{longtable}{p{1cm} | p{1cm} l p{3.5cm} | p{3.5cm} l p{3cm} | p{3cm} l p{1cm} | p{1cm}}
\caption[Initial Sampling Details]{Title} \label{grid_mlmmh} \\
\hline \hline \\[-2ex]
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Sch}} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{StuNo}} &
         \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{StuName}} &
         \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{GCSE Subjects}} &
            \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Next}} &
               \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{16Sub}} &
                  \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Where}} &       
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Included}} \\[0.5ex] \hline
   \\[-1.8ex]
\endfirsthead

\multicolumn{3}{c}{{\tablename} \thetable{} -- Continued} \\[0.5ex]
  \hline \hline \\[-2ex]
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Sch}} &
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{StuNo}} &
         \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{StuName}} &
         \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{GCSE Subjects}} &
            \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Next}} &
               \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{16Sub}} &
                  \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Where}} &          
   \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{Why included}} \\[0.5ex] \hline
  \\[-1.8ex]
\endhead

\multicolumn{3}{l}{{Continued on Next Page\ldots}} \\
\endfoot

  \\[-1.8ex] \hline \hline
\endlastfoot

Grange School	&	AA001	&	Mikey Student	&	French, General Studies, Business Studies, History 	&	Alevels	&	History, Law, English Literature, Sociology	&	Grange School 6th Form	&	4 Alevels, school sixth form	\\
Grange School	&	AA002	&	Zippy Student	&	Business Studies, History, Media, Spanish	&	Alevels	&	English Language, Sociology, History	&	Burns College	&	Alevels, Burns College	\\
Grange School	&	AA003	&	Yesmin Student	&	History, Extended Project, Business	&	BTECs and Alevels	&		&	NA	&	BTECs, no location	\\
Grange School	&	AA004	&	Ash Student	&	History, Business Studies	&	BTEC	&	Sports and Fitness	&	Burns College or Burns College	&	NA	\\
Grange School	&	AA005	&	Askina Student	&	Spanish, Business Studies, Geography, Sports Leader	&	Alevels	&	Business, Psychology, English Literature, Maths	&	Bashup and Richtown Grammar School 6th Form or Grange School 6th Form	&	Alevels, 2 locations	\\
Grange School	&	AA006	&	Todd School	&	Business Studies, Food Tech, History, Extended Project	&	Apprenticeship, NVQ	&	Business Management	&	Burns College	&	Burns College, Vocational	\\
Grange School	&	AA007	&	Harry Student	&	Graphics, Geography, Media, Business Studies	&	Alevels	&	Graphics, Media, Film, Sociology	&	Burns College	&	Burns College, Alevels	\\
Grange School	&	AA008	&	Mandy Student 	&	Business Studies, Geography, Sports Leader, Resistant Materials?	&	Get a job, Apprenticeship, NVQ	&	Electrical Installation 	&	Burns College	&	Burns College, Vocational	\\
Grange School	&	AA009	&	Debbie Student	&	Business Studies, Graphics, Art	&	Don't know, Alevels	&	Product Design 	&	Grange School 6th Form	&	Not sure\\
Grange School	&	AA008	&	Mandy Student 	&	Business Studies, Geography, Sports Leader, Resistant Materials?	&	Get a job, Apprenticeship, NVQ	&	Electrical Installation 	&	Burns College	&	Burns College, Vocational	\\
Grange School	&	AA009	&	Debbie Student	&	Business Studies, Graphics, Art	&	Don't know, Alevels	&	Product Design 	&	Grange School 6th Form	&	Not sure\\
\end{longtable}
\end{center}
\end{landscape}

\end{document}

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