Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table Troubles [csvsimple]

[gibbosus]

Hey everyone,

I'm just writing my master thesis and I ran in some troubles with my tables.

Let's first start with the setup:
I have a spreadsheet containing all my tables in multiple sheets, which I export with a macro into individual .csv files, semicolon separated.
Then I load them in my document with:

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\begin{table}
  \csv{mat_consumables}
  \label{tab:mat_consumables}
\end{table}

So far so good, the table appears in my document, but there are a two problems:

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1. The cell contents are quite long and they don't get automatically adjusted to the page width.
2. The tables consume a lot of vertical space. I think they are floats, like figures, but since it is for the materials section I'd like them to be able to 'break' onto more than one page, so they are more compact.

Does anyone have some recommendations for me, how I could solve these problems? (:
I'd really love to keep them in csv's, but worst case I could also hardcode them into my project in the end.

Best regards
Carroll

PS: I'm sorry to bother you with my questions, I know I could probably find an answer if I'd only search long enough, but the problem with LaTeX is, that every time you want to change a detail, you have to read through a (very well structured) 80 page package documentation, and I really have to write my thesis :}