Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Trouble with table environments

[dannyjor]

Hi all

I have a problem with the table environment in LaTeX.

If I create a relative large table and then compile the document,
the table exceeds the sides of my paper. The right side of the table is not
visible simply because it is beyond the boundary of the paper.
Why cant TexnicCenter "fit" the table to the selected papersize?
Is there a fancy package that can solve the 'fitting' problem?

At present I fix the problem simply by cutting the lenghts of my
table entries. But this strikes me as a stupid solution.

Danny

[fatra2]

Hi there,

Could you give a bit more information on the table declaration. I suspect that you use something like t or r as table column. You might want to try using p{column width} instead. This should fix your problem.

Cheers

[dannyjor]

Well, usually i just code something like:

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\begin{table}[H]
	\centering
		\begin{tabular}{|l|r|r|r|r|l|p{0.4\textwidth}|}
			
		\end{tabular}
	\caption{TESTING}
	\label{tab:TESTING}
\end{table}

Is it perhaps the the capitol letter "H" thats causing the problem?

Cheers

[fatra2]

Hi there,

I don't believe so, eventhough I believe it is not necessary. If you want to force your table to be here, you just need to add [h!].

Your problem comes from the \begin{tabular}{|l|r|r|r|r|l|. This command says to the compiler to make columns as wide a necessary to have the whole line without break. Either, you insert line breaks manually, or you use the p{0.2\textwidth}

Cheers

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Danny,

Why cant TexnicCenter "fit" the table to the selected papersize?
Is there a fancy package that can solve the 'fitting' problem?

you could use the tabularx package.

Stefan

[dannyjor]

Thanks

Both hints works smoothly.

/Danny