General ⇒ table spanning two pages in portrait format

[greengrass]

Is it possible to have a table span 2 pages in portrait format? i.e. if I have a table with 10 columns, can I have 5 columns on the left hand page and 5 columns on the right hand page, in a continuous fashion so that their row heights would match up?

[localghost]

Have a look at the longtable package.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[greengrass]

I am actually using the longtable package, but I don't think it allows for a column-wise split across pages (I'll be really happy if it actually does as that's exactly what I need!!) As I understand, it allows a row-wise split, e.g. a table of 15 rows can have 10 rows on one page and the remaining 5 rows on the next, in either landscape or portrait.

[Juanjo]

I've had an idea that perhaps may work. It is not an automatic, nor elegant solution, but, well, see if it may help. The idea basically consists in storing the whole table in a box and then printing it two times, cropping, in order, the right and the left parts with the help of Tikz/pgf:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{caption}

\begin{document}

% New box register where the whole table will be stored
\newsavebox{\MyBox}

% Store the table
\begin{lrbox}{\MyBox}
\Large
\begin{tabular}{ccccc}
   \toprule
   AAAAAAAAAA & BBBBBBBBBB & CCCCCCCCCC & DDDDDDDDDD & EEEEEEEEEE \\
   aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbb & cccccccccc & dddddddddd & eeeeeeeeee \\
   AAAAAAAAAA & BBBBBBBBBB & CCCCCCCCCC & DDDDDDDDDD & EEEEEEEEEE \\
   aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbb & cccccccccc & dddddddddd & eeeeeeeeee \\
   \midrule
   AAAAAAAAAA & BBBBBBBBBB & CCCCCCCCCC & DDDDDDDDDD & EEEEEEEEEE \\
   aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbb & cccccccccc & dddddddddd & eeeeeeeeee \\
   AAAAAAAAAA & BBBBBBBBBB & CCCCCCCCCC & DDDDDDDDDD & EEEEEEEEEE \\
   aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbb & cccccccccc & dddddddddd & eeeeeeeeee \\
   \midrule
   AAAAAAAAAA & BBBBBBBBBB & CCCCCCCCCC & DDDDDDDDDD & EEEEEEEEEE \\
   aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbb & cccccccccc & dddddddddd & eeeeeeeeee \\
   AAAAAAAAAA & BBBBBBBBBB & CCCCCCCCCC & DDDDDDDDDD & EEEEEEEEEE \\
   aaaaaaaaaa & bbbbbbbbbb & cccccccccc & dddddddddd & eeeeeeeeee \\
   \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{lrbox}

% This shows the complete table, scaled down
\scalebox{0.6}{\usebox{\MyBox}}

% Coefficient between 0 and 1 which determines the ratio between
% the left and  right parts of the table
\newcommand{\Coefficient}{0.6}

% Left part
\begin{table}[p]
   \centering
   \begin{tikzpicture}
      \clip (0,-\dp\MyBox) rectangle (\Coefficient\wd\MyBox,\ht\MyBox);
      \pgftext[left,base]{\usebox{\MyBox}};
   \end{tikzpicture}
   \caption{An example of wide table}
\end{table}

% Right part
\begin{table}
   \ContinuedFloat
   \centering
   \begin{tikzpicture}
      \clip (\Coefficient\wd\MyBox,-\dp\MyBox) rectangle (\wd\MyBox,\ht\MyBox);
      \pgftext[left,base]{\usebox{\MyBox}};
   \end{tikzpicture}
   \caption{An example of wide table (cont.)}
\end{table}

\end{document}