Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table runs off page

[daithi81]

Hello, I have an issue where my table is spilling off the page by one column. There is plenty of room to the left in the margin for the table if I could get it to position exactly centre in the page. I have tried \centering but it had no effect. The package geometry will affect the whole document, and I don't want that. I just want the table pushed to the left. Any ideas?

Preamble:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[bottom]{footmisc}
\usepackage{harvard}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}

Table:

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\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l|ccccccccc}
\hline
\hline
 & (1) & (2) & (3) & (4) & (5) & (6) & (7) & (8) & (9) \\ 
\hline 
Quality of Governance, 2002 & 2.59 & 1.53 & 2.63 & 1.27 & 2.59 & 2.73 & 2.51 & 2.65 & 1.32 \\ 
 & (0.57) & (0.55) & (0.55) & (0.52) & (0.57) & (0.6) & (0.56) & (0.58) & (0.52) \\
\hline
Africa Dummy &  & -0.81 &  & -0.92 &  &  &  &  & -0.96 \\ 
 &  & (0.19) &  & (0.19) &  &  &  &  & (0.2) \\
Asia Dummy &  &  & 0.11 & -0.17 &  &  &  &  & -0.29 \\ 
 &  &  & (0.18) & (0.16) &  &  &  &  & (0.18) \\
Prop of Catholics &  &  &  &  & 0.001 &  &  & 0.001 & 0.0002 \\ 
 &  &  &  &  & (0.02) &  &  & (0.003) & (0.002) \\
Prop of Muslims &  &  &  &  &  & 0.002 &  & 0.002 & 0.003 \\ 
 &  &  &  &  &  & (0.002) &  & (0.003) & (0.003) \\
Prop of Protestants &  &  &  &  &  &  & -0.008 & -0.007 & -0.003 \\ 
 &  &  &  &  &  &  & (0.004) & (0.004) & (0.004) \\ 
$R^2$ & 0.59 & 0.72 & 0.59 & 0.74 & 0.59 & 0.57 & 0.61 & 0.6 & 0.74 \\ 
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Robustness Checks} 
\end{table}

Thanks.

[daithi81]

I thought I found a solution here, but when I tried to install blindtext.sty, it said it was not found. Baffling.

http://texblog.net/latex-archive/layout ... ure-table/

[daithi81]

I have tried and failed with all of these.

http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... f=5&t=3472

[localghost]

If you would have read the blindtext manual, you would know what it does and that it is not necessary to translate the given code to your example.

Keeping the width of the table or adjusting the margins is not always the best solution. In many cases there are enough other places left for improvement.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[includeheadfoot,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{dcolumn}

\newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{.}{#1}}

\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[!ht]
    \caption{Robustness Checks}
    \centering
%    \small  % Decrease font size (if necessary)
    \begin{tabular}{l|*4{d{1.2}}*5{d{1.3}}}\hline\hline
      & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(3)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(4)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(5)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(6)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(7)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(8)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(9)} \\ \hline
      Quality of Governance, & 2.59 & 1.53 & 2.63 & 1.27 & 2.59 & 2.73 & 2.51 & 2.65 & 1.32 \\
      2002 & (0.57) & (0.55) & (0.55) & (0.52) & (0.57) & (0.6) & (0.56) & (0.58) & (0.52) \\ \hline
      Africa Dummy &  & -0.81 &  & -0.92 &  &  &  &  & -0.96 \\
      &  & (0.19) &  & (0.19) &  &  &  &  & (0.2) \\
      Asia Dummy &  &  & 0.11 & -0.17 &  &  &  &  & -0.29 \\
      &  &  & (0.18) & (0.16) &  &  &  &  & (0.18) \\
      Prop of Catholics &  &  &  &  & 0.001 &  &  & 0.001 & 0.0002 \\
      &  &  &  &  & (0.02) &  &  & (0.003) & (0.002) \\
      Prop of Muslims &  &  &  &  &  & 0.002 &  & 0.002 & 0.003 \\
      &  &  &  &  &  & (0.002) &  & (0.003) & (0.003) \\
      Prop of Protestants &  &  &  &  &  &  & -0.008 & -0.007 & -0.003 \\
      &  &  &  &  &  &  & (0.004) & (0.004) & (0.004) \\
      $R^2$ & 0.59 & 0.72 & 0.59 & 0.74 & 0.59 & 0.57 & 0.61 & 0.6 & 0.74 \\ \hline
   \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
\end{document}

For more information about the involved packages see their manuals on CTAN or on your local machines on the command prompt.

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texdoc dcolumn

Thorsten