Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ article | Place a Table

[upani1982]

Hi All,

When i am inserting a table in my document, I am getting lot of space and not able to write exactly below the table. Please guide me how to place tables in Article document class.

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage[top=1.5cm,bottom=1.5cm,left=2.5cm,right=1.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[none]{hyphenat}
\hyphenpenalty=2000 \tolerance=1000
\usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{txfonts}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titlelabel{\thetitle.\quad}
\titleformat{\section}[hang]{\bfseries \large}{\thesection.}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{1pt}{1pt}
\titleformat{\subsection}[hang]{\bfseries}{\thesubsection.}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{1pt}{1pt}
\titleformat{\subsubsection}[hang]{\bfseries}{\thesubsubsection.}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{1pt}{1pt}
\usepackage[sort&compress]{natbib}
\setlength{\bibsep}{0pt}
\bibpunct{(}{)}{;}{a}{,}{;}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{ctable}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{appendix}
%\renewcommand\appendix{\par
%\setcounter{section}{0}%
%\setcounter{subsection}{0}%
%\setcounter{table}{0} \setcounter{figure}{0}
%\gdef\thetable{\Alph{table}} \gdef\thefigure{\Alph{figure}}
%\section*{Appendix}
%\gdef\thesection{\Alph{section}} \setcounter{section}{1}}
%\hbadness=10000 \hfuzz=50pt
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup{margin=10pt,font=normal,labelfont=normal}
%\usepackage{amsmath} \newenvironment{smatrix}{\begin{pmatrix}}{\end{pmatrix}} %USUAL
\usepackage{amsmath} \newenvironment{smatrix}{\left(\begin{smallmatrix}}{\end{smallmatrix}\right)} %SMALL
%\usepackage{nccmath}

This is my preamble of the article i am working on.

Waiting for your suggestion

With regards,
Upananda

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Upananda,

your preamble is as start, however I suggest you post a complete example, which can be tested and which shows the problem with the table.

Only the preamble doesn't tell much about how you produce that table.

Stefan

[localghost]

Your promises regarding a minimal example seem to be only empty words. Since float placement is a continual discussed issue, I think a search in the forum will yield many useful solutions.


Thorsten

[upani1982]

Hi Stefan and Localghost,

I am sorry for not posting in the prescribed format. I learned that i have to post with all the explanation for the packages used for my document. I have a simple question how to reduce space before and after table environment.

Please excuse me as i am beginner and a social science student.

With regards,
Upananda

[sommerfee]

I learned that i have to post with all the explanation for the packages used for my document.

This is wrong since a minimal example will show the problem, all further packages are usually irrelevant.

I have a simple question how to reduce space before and after table environment.

This may sound like a simple question, but to answer it we need to know several details, how do you typeset/place your tables, what environments do you use for tables (table, longtable, tabular, tabularx, threeparttable, ctable, ...) etc. For example this is the first time you are mentioning that you are using the table environment, we didn't know this before.

That's one of the many purposes of a minimal example: We don't have to pull every word out of someones mouth (which can last many days or even weeks), the example code has every information build-in we need to help.

[localghost]

[…] I learned that i have to post with all the explanation for the packages used for my document. […]

I wonder where you learned that. Certainly not here.

[…] Please excuse me as i am beginner and a social science student. […]

You don't need to be an expert to follow the link regarding the minimal example and obey the instructions to build one.

[upani1982]

Hi all,

Here is the preamble of my document.

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage[top=1.5cm,bottom=1.5cm,left=2.5cm,right=1.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage[none]{hyphenat}
\hyphenpenalty=2000 \tolerance=1000
\usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{txfonts}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titlelabel{\thetitle.\quad}
\titleformat{\section}[hang]{\bfseries \large}{\thesection.}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{1pt}{1pt}
\titleformat{\subsection}[hang]{\bfseries}{\thesubsection.}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{1pt}{1pt}
\titleformat{\subsubsection}[hang]{\bfseries}{\thesubsubsection.}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{1pt}{1pt}
\usepackage[sort&compress]{natbib}
\setlength{\bibsep}{0pt}
\bibpunct{(}{)}{;}{a}{,}{;}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{setspace}
% For tables
\usepackage{booktabs,caption,ctable,arydshln,multirow,siunitx,threeparttable}
\usepackage{appendix}
%\renewcommand\appendix{\par
%\setcounter{section}{0}%
%\setcounter{subsection}{0}%
%\setcounter{table}{0} \setcounter{figure}{0}
%\gdef\thetable{\Alph{table}} \gdef\thefigure{\Alph{figure}}
%\section*{Appendix}
%\gdef\thesection{\Alph{section}} \setcounter{section}{1}}
%\hbadness=10000 \hfuzz=50pt
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup{margin=10pt,font=normal,labelfont=normal}
%\usepackage{amsmath} \newenvironment{smatrix}{\begin{pmatrix}}{\end{pmatrix}} %USUAL
\usepackage{amsmath} \newenvironment{smatrix}{\left(\begin{smallmatrix}}{\end{smallmatrix}\right)} %SMALL
%\usepackage{nccmath} \newenvironment{smatrix}{\left(\begin{mmatrix}}{\end{mmatrix}\right)} %MEDIUM

This is the section (tables are placed in the Appendix), where i want to reduce the vertical space between the tables:

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\newpage
\appendix
\newgeometry{top=1cm,bottom=1 cm,left=2.5cm,right=1.5cm}
\begin{center}
{\bf Appendix}
 \end{center}\begin{table}[htbp]
\small \sisetup{table-number-alignment=right,table-figures-integer
= 3,table-figures-decimal = 2} \centering
 \begin{threeparttable}
  \centering
  \caption{Total Value of Trade of MCX ( in \si{\percent})}
    \sisetup{table-format = 3.2}
  {
 \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2}
    \begin{tabular}{lSSSSS}
    \toprule
    {\textbf {Commodity}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{2006}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{2007}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{2008}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{2009}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{2010}} \\
    \midrule
    Gold  & 88.83 & 94.58 & 100.00 & 99.40 & 97.15 \\
    Silver & 87.28 & 97.48 & 98.75 & 99.79 & 100.00 \\
    Aluminium & 75.83 & 100.00 & 91.97 & 85.22 & 89.37 \\
    Copper & 99.98 & 100.00 & 100.00 & 99.31 & 99.80 \\
    Lead  & 0.00  & 100.00 & 99.21 & 98.06 & 96.73 \\
    Zinc  & 99.62 & 100.00 & 99.72 & 97.00 & 97.65 \\
    Crude Oil & 100.00 & 100.00 & 98.46 & 99.72 & 90.16 \\
    Natural Gas & 100.00 & 100.00 & 100.00 & 100.00 & 100.00 \\
    \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}%
    }
  \label{tab:mcx}%
 \begin{tablenotes}[footnotesize,flushleft]\setlength{\itemsep}{-4mm}
        \item [1] {Source: Economic Survey of India (2007-2010).}\\
        \item [2] {Note: Share of other commodity exchanges is not reported}\\
        \end{tablenotes}
         \end{threeparttable}
         \end{table}
\begin{table}[htbp]
\small
  \centering
  \begin{threeparttable}
  \caption{Sample Details}
  {
 \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2}
    \begin{tabular}{clcccccl}
    \toprule
     Group & Commodity & Contracts & Observations & Start Date & End Date & Q/B   & Trading Unit \\
     \midrule
    \multirow{2}[4]{*}{Bullion} & Gold  & 31    & 1496  & 6-Feb-06 & 31-Dec-10 & 10 Gm & 1 Kg \\
          & Silver & 28    & 1525  & 2-Jan-06 & 31-Dec-10 & 1 Kg  &  30 Kg \\
    \hdashline
    \multirow{5}[10]{*}{Metal} & Aluminum & 62    & 1519  & 3-Jan-06 & 31-Dec-10 & 1 Kg  & 5 Tons \\
          & Copper & 27    & 1499  & 2-Jan-06 & 30-Nov-10 & 1 Kg  & 1 Mt \\
          & Lead  & 44    & 1067  & 26-Jun-07 & 31-Dec-10 & 1 Kg  & 5 Tons \\
          & Nickel & 43    & 1220  & 1-Jan-07 & 31-Dec-10 & 1 Kg  & 250 Kg \\
          & Zinc  & 58    & 1406  & 1-May-06 & 31-Dec-10 & 1 Kg  & 5 Tons \\
    \hdashline
    \multirow{2}[4]{*}{Energy} & Crude Oil & 62    & 1515  & 2-Jan-06 & 18-Dec-10 & 1 Barrel & 100 Barrel \\
          & Natural Gas & 55    & 1362  & 10-Jul-06 & 28-Dec-10 & MMBtu & 1250 MMBtu \\
    \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}%
    }
  \label{tab:sample}%
  \begin{tablenotes}[footnotesize,flushleft]\setlength{\itemsep}{-4mm}
        \item [1] {Note:Q/B refers quotation per Base Value}\\
        \end{tablenotes}
         \end{threeparttable}
 \end{table}%
\end{document}

Please give any suggestion to do the above.

With regards,
Upananda

[sommerfee]

Here is the preamble of my document.

We are not interested in your full preamble. A minimal working example (MWE) fulfills two needs:

1. It contains all the information we need to reproduce and solve the problem. It does not contain the stuff which is not necessary to show the problem. By eliminating the not-necessary-stuff (by simply trying out what is necessary to reproduce the problem and what is not) one is able to isolate the problem. One can either start with a new document and copy the relevant parts into this new document, or one can shrink a copy of the existing document.
   
   This is a step which can easily done by the questioner. If the questioner is not doing it, every user who is willing to help have to do it.
2. Every user who is willing to help needs a working(!) example document, so he can reproduce the problem and play around with it. If the questioner is not offering such document, every user who is willing to help must build such document first.

If you have any questions about a minimal working example, just ask. Since this procedure is the standard procedure to isolate and examine a LaTeX problem this is especially useful for LaTeX beginners.