Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table wider than Text Body

[scipion]

Hello,

I have a table that isn't well centered at all. A picture of the problem is attached. I'd like the distance from the left margin to be equal to the distance from the right margin. My table code is this.

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\begin{table*}[!ht]
\centering
\caption{Cette table indique pour chaque méthode si elles sont statistiquement meilleures qu'un classeur ne prédisant que la classe dominante pour la base de données "Nombre d'enfants".}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} % 7 colonnes
\hline
\textbf{Méthodes} & LapRLS & LapRKLS & LRreglog & Autolog & BagOfPath & RCTK % premiere colonne
\\ \hline
   \textbf{>=0.5501} & 5 & 0 & 5 & 5 & 0 & 5
\\ \hline\hline
SVM & SVMmoran & SVMgeary & LogisticReg & Logmoran & Loggeary & MultiVarLog
\\ \hline
5 & 5 & 5 & 0 & 0 & 4 & 1
\\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}

Does anyone know how could I solve this problem ?

[tom]

Hi,

The problem is not about centering, the table is too wide and reaches into the margin. You could do one of the following:

• Decrease the font size
• Decrease column title lengths (e.g. by adding line breaks)
• Rotate the table (e.g. by rotating)

[alainremillard]

As Tom said, the table is too wide to fit in the text. An other solution with the help of the \makebox command. I added it in your code.

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\begin{table*}[h!] \centering
\caption{Cette table indique pour chaque méthode si elles sont statistiquement meilleures qu'un classeur ne prédisant que la classe dominante pour la base de données "Nombre d'enfants".}
\makebox[\linewidth]{
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} % 7 colonnes
\hline
\textbf{Méthodes} & LapRLS & LapRKLS & LRreglog & Autolog & BagOfPath & RCTK % premiere colonne
\\ \hline
   \textbf{>=0.5501} & 5 & 0 & 5 & 5 & 0 & 5
\\ \hline\hline
SVM & SVMmoran & SVMgeary & LogisticReg & Logmoran & Loggeary & MultiVarLog
\\ \hline
5 & 5 & 5 & 0 & 0 & 4 & 1
\\ \hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{table*}

Have a nice day
Alain Rémillard