Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ How to manage a large texte table

[NELLLY]

Hello
I have a large table containing text in its contents and in the clolumn labels. when I use the following code the table exceed the width of the page.

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
  text={6in,8.9in},
  headsep=.4in,
  footnotesep=.2in
}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[t]
\caption{Table .....}
\begin{tabular}{lllllll}
~~&author 1 (year)& author 2 (year) & author 3 (year)& author 4 (year)& author 5(year)&author6(year)\\
Type of the chart&texte...&texte...&texte...&texte...&texte....&texte...\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}



\end{document}

Is ther a solution?
Thanks.

[NELLLY]

Hello
I made this temporary solution

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{geometry,tabularx,booktabs}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
  text={6in,8.9in},
  headsep=.4in,
  footnotesep=.2in
}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[t]
\caption{Table .....}
\begin{scriptsize}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{p{4cm}llllll} \toprule[1.2pt]
  &\textbf{AAAAAAA} & \textbf{BBBBBBB} & \textbf{AAAAAAAAA}&\textbf{AAAAAAAAAA et al. 4} &  \textbf{AAAAA and BBBBBBB} &\textbf{KKKKK and LLLLL}\\
  &\textbf{(1994)}     &  \textbf{(1992)}      &  \textbf{(1995)}   & \textbf{(2001)}  &   \textbf{(2010)}&\textbf{(2014)}\\ \midrule[1.2pt]
\textbf{Type of the chart}&texte...&texte...&texte...&texte...&texte....&texte...\\\\
\textbf{Values of process and cost parameters} &....&....&....&....&....&.....\\\\
\textbf{Expected cost savings}&....&...&...&...&...&...\\\bottomrule[1.2pt]
\end{tabularx}
\end{scriptsize}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Is there an other solution? What can I do to make it more pretty.

[Johannes_B]

You could set the table in landscape mode, still it won't fit and you have to change the font size (please be aware, that font switches are commands, no environments).

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{geometry,tabularx,booktabs}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
	text={6in,8.9in},
	headsep=.4in,
	footnotesep=.2in
}
\newcommand{\tablehighlight}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
\usepackage{rotating}
\begin{document}
\begin{sidewaystable}
	\caption{Table .....}
%	\begin{scriptsize}
	\scriptsize
		\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{p{4cm}llllll} \toprule[1.2pt]
			&\tablehighlight{AAAAAAA} & \tablehighlight{BBBBBBB} & \tablehighlight{AAAAAAAAA}&\tablehighlight{AAAAAAAAAA et al. 4} &  \tablehighlight{AAAAA and BBBBBBB} &\tablehighlight{KKKKK and LLLLL}\\
			&\tablehighlight{(1994)}     &  \tablehighlight{(1992)}      &  \tablehighlight{(1995)}   & \tablehighlight{(2001)}  &   \tablehighlight{(2010)}&\tablehighlight{(2014)}\\ \midrule[1.2pt]
			\tablehighlight{Type of the chart}&texte...&texte...&texte...&texte...&texte....&texte...\\\\
			\tablehighlight{Values of process and cost parameters} &....&....&....&....&....&.....\\\\
			\tablehighlight{Expected cost savings}&....&...&...&...&...&...\\\bottomrule[1.2pt]
		\end{tabularx}
%	\end{scriptsize}
\end{sidewaystable}
\end{document}

It seems to me, that it would be better to simply transpose the material, i.e. a new line for every cited author/article.