I'm working on a piece containing a series of sequential tables. Currently, if a table is going to run between pages it is floated to a new page.When one table ends, I want the next to begin, even if it has to run onto the next page.
Below is a an example. In my preferred scenario, the C | D column would start on the first page.
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
\end{tabular}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
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a tabular is a single box and LaTeX places it as such. The second tabular didn't fit the page and was pushed to the next. Exactly that is the reason, why floating environments like table where introduced.
Tables, that are longer than one page are usually split using package longtable:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{longtable}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
A & B \\
\end{tabular}
\begin{longtable}{ll}
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
C & D \\
\end{longtable}
\end{document}
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Thanks for the suggestions, Johannes. longtable does seem to work with the MWE I initially posted. However, the tabular I'm actually working with is a little more complex, containing set column widths following a section title. Below is a marginally more sophisticated MWE. Within this example, I am no longer to use longtable in the way I could have in my previous example.
Any advice as to how I could use longtable with these restrictions would be appreciated.
-Nick
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{L{2cm} C{13cm}}
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & \textbf Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & \textbf Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & \textbf Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\end{tabular}
\begin{tabular}{L{2cm} C{13cm}}
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
What isn't working? Right now, the tabular is just too wide for the default margin settings of article. Making the second column narrower, i don't see any problem.
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{L{2cm} C{9cm}}
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & \textbf Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & \textbf Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & \textbf Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
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NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\end{longtable}
\begin{longtable}{L{2cm} C{9cm}}
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
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NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
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NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
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NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\vspace{5pt}
NUMBERS & Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of text \\
\end{longtable}
\end{document}
The smart way: Calm down and take a deep breath, read posts and provided links attentively, try to understand and ask if necessary.
NEW: TikZ book now 40% off at Amazon.com for a short time.
And: Currently, Packt sells ebooks for $4.99 each if you buy 5 of their over 1000 ebooks. If you choose only a single one, $9.99. How about combining 3 LaTeX books with Python, gnuplot, mathplotlib, Matlab, ChatGPT or other AI books? Epub and PDF. Bundle (3 books, add more for higher discount): https://packt.link/MDH5p
