Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table exceeds Width of Page

[NELLLY]

Hi,

when I use the following commands, the table exceeds the width of the page. While in the document how to use the package booktabs it does not exceeds the width of the page. What should I do?

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%\listfiles
\documentclass{article}
%\usepackage{listings} \lstloadlanguages{XML}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\newcommand{\ra}[1]{\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{#1}}

\begin{document}
  \begin{table*}
    \centering
    \ra{0.5}
    \begin{tabular}{@{}rrrrcrrrcrrr@{}}\toprule
      & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$w = 8$} &\phantom{abc} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$w = 16$} &\phantom{abc} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$w = 32$} \\ \cmidrule{2-4} \cmidrule{6-8} \cmidrule{10-12}
      & $t=0$ & $t=1$ & $t=2$ && $t=0$ & $t=1$ & $t=2$ && $t=0$ & $t=1$ & $t=2$ \\ \midrule
      $dir=1$ \\
      $c$ & 0.0790 & 0.1692 & 0.2945 && 0.3670 & 0.7187 & 3.1815 && - 1.0032 & - 1.7104 & - 21.7969 \\
      $c$ & - 0.8651& 50.0476& 5.9384&& - 9.0714& 297.0923& 46.2143&& 4.3590& 34.5809& 76.9167 \\
      $c$ & 124.2756& - 50.9612& - 14.2721&& 128.2265& - 630.5455& - 381.0930&& - 121.0518& - 137.1210& - 220.2500 \\
      $dir=0$ \\
      $c$ & 0.0357& 1.2473& 0.2119&& 0.3593& - 0.2755& 2.1764&& - 1.2998& - 3.8202& - 1.2784 \\
      $c$ & - 17.9048& - 37.1111& 8.8591&& - 30.7381& - 9.5952& - 3.0000&& - 11.1631& - 5.7108& - 15.6728 \\
      $c$ & 105.5518& 232.1160& - 94.7351&& 100.2497& 141.2778& - 259.7326&& 52.5745& 10.1098& - 140.2130 \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
  \end{table*}
\end{document}

[cgnieder]

Maybe you can combine two things: make the table font size smaller and let it stick into the margins a bit. In an example below I show a possibility how to do that. I also removed the superfluous empty columns and the repeated use of mathmode in the cells. Instead I put the whole first column in mathmode and used S columns (as provided by the siunitx package) for the remaining columns in order to align the numbers at their decimal point and get a minus sign instead of a dash for the negative values:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\usepackage{lipsum}% dummy text
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]

\begin{table}[ht]
  \makebox[\textwidth][c]{\footnotesize
  \begin{tabular}{@{}>{$}r<{$}@{}*{9}{S[table-format=-3.4]}@{}}
    \toprule
      & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$w = 8$}
      & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$w = 16$}
      & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$w = 32$} \\
    \cmidrule(lr){2-4} \cmidrule(lr){5-7} \cmidrule(lr){8-10}
      & {$t=0$} & {$t=1$} & {$t=2$}
      & {$t=0$} & {$t=1$} & {$t=2$}
      & {$t=0$} & {$t=1$} & {$t=2$} \\
    \midrule
      dir=1 \\
      c
      & 0.0790 & 0.1692 & 0.2945
      & 0.3670 & 0.7187 & 3.1815
      & - 1.0032 & - 1.7104 & - 21.7969 \\
      c
      & - 0.8651& 50.0476& 5.9384
      & - 9.0714& 297.0923& 46.2143
      & 4.3590& 34.5809& 76.9167 \\
      c
      & 124.2756& - 50.9612& - 14.2721
      & 128.2265& - 630.5455& - 381.0930
      & - 121.0518& - 137.1210& - 220.2500 \\
      dir=0 \\
      c
      & 0.0357& 1.2473& 0.2119
      & 0.3593& - 0.2755& 2.1764
      & - 1.2998& - 3.8202& - 1.2784 \\
      c
      & - 17.9048& - 37.1111& 8.8591
      & - 30.7381& - 9.5952& - 3.0000
      & - 11.1631& - 5.7108& - 15.6728 \\
      c
      & 105.5518& 232.1160& - 94.7351
      & 100.2497& 141.2778& - 259.7326
      & 52.5745& 10.1098& - 140.2130 \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}}
  \caption{Caption}
\end{table}

\lipsum[2]

\end{document}

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Regards

[NELLLY]

Hi
I saved the siunitx.sty file and when I tried the proposed solution I get the following error

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Package siunitx error:not running under e-tex

[cgnieder]

Sounds like you have a very outdated TeX distribution. siunitx requires an up to date distribution so you should probably install MiKTeX 2.9 or TeX Live 2012.

Regards

[svend_tveskaeg]

I can recommend TeX Live 2012; it is easy to keep up to date. (I don't know about MiKTeX.)

[localghost]

Sounds like you have a very outdated TeX distribution. […]

Indeed it is. Hence an upgrade is strongly recommendable. Otherwise there will be much more trouble in the future.


Thorsten

[NELLLY]

Hello
Thanks for your answers. Is there any other solution to avoid the use of siunitx package. I made a search on how to use TexLive2012 and it seems that it needs many steps. I didn't have enough time to install it.
Thanks.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I guess you don't want to risk a working LaTeX environment on your computer for installing a new system. You could try a LaTeX online compiler, such as writeLaTeX, Spandex.io or ShareLaTeX, which use a current TeX version. They usually provide a free account plus advanced paid services, so you could simply try. Once you made sure you can compile online, you can safely remove your old TeX installation in favor of a new one.

Stefan

[NELLLY]

Exactly, I didn't want to take such risk and lose all the package that I have installed previously. I just tried the link you gave me Stefan and the solution of gnieder works very well. Many thanks.