Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Blank Page Problem after large table

[jblocher]

I have a very large table that I'm trying to fit onto a single page. I generate the code with Gnumeric, which outputs .tex files.

After a lot of narrowing and deleting rows, etc. I finally have the table on one page, but it's generating a blank page after it. It's like there is a carriage return after the table or something.

It's fundamentally using the longtable package. Is there any way to get rid of this extra blank page or is my table simply still not fitting?

[jblocher]

Fixed my own problem.
If you have a large table structured basically like this:

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\begin{longtable}
\caption{this is the caption}
<insert very large table here>
\label{table:name_of_table}
\end{longtable}

That just barely fits on the page, the label at the end can cause an additional line. Restructure it like this, with the label right after the caption but before the table contents:

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\begin{longtable}
\caption{this is the caption}
\label{table:name_of_table}
<insert very large table here>
\end{longtable}

and then your table fits (just barely) on one page.

[localghost]

Fixed my own problem. […]

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