Graphics, Figures & Tables

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:55 pm

Hello,

My first post here, so greetings to everyone! I'm also new to Latex, so sorry if my question is too simple.

OK, to my problem. I have a document with big lateral margins. 120pt for the left side and 100pt for the right, which I've done with the package 'vmargin'.

Now, I have to insert a table that is too wide. When I try, Latex respects the left margin of the page but the table is out of the page on the right side. I found two ways of fitting the table: settings the font in the table to 'tiny' , which unfortunately is not readable enough, and putting the table in landscape, with the package 'rotating' and the command 'sidewaystable' in the actual table.

I would still want to have my page in its normal orientation. Would there be a way of "defeating" the margins that are set for the whole document just for the respective page, so that I can fit the table on a normal page with a font bigger than 'tiny'?

Thanks, Virgil.

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Post by **localghost** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:04 pm

virgil wrote:[...] OK, to my problem. I have a document with big lateral margins. 120pt for the left side and 100pt for the right, which I've done with the package 'vmargin'. [...]

Page dimensions are better set up with the geometry package. A solution to your problem is to search the forum for the \makebox command. Another solution for standard classes is to use the narrow environment introduced in the epslatex document.

Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

gmedina · Post by **gmedina** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:06 pm

Hi,

as another option, you could use \adjustwdth or some other of the commands provided by the changepage package. (The package documentation is at the end of the file changepage.sty)

Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:34 am

Hi Virgil,

welcome to the board!
Here's a possible solution using \makebox already mentioned by Thorsten: Centering wide tables or figures.

Stefan

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:54 pm

Hello,

Thank you all. I will try these various approaches and I will let you know how it goes.

Virgil.

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:41 pm

Hello,

Finally I have worked it out. I used \makebox like in http://texblog.net/latex-archive/layout ... ure-table/

Combining it with changing fonts and interline spaces with \fontsize{3mm}{4mm}\selectfont, I found that I can make my table really the way I want.

Thanks for your help,
Virgil.

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