Text Formatting ⇒ Change default font size

[vdmedragon]

I use 12pt foont size for the document but it makes the table does not fit one page any more (even when I use \tiny, \small ... for the tables). It works well if the default font size of the document is 10pt.

I would like to know how I can change the size of font base for the tables, reduce from 12pt to 10pt?

I really need your help. Thanks a lot.

[meho_r]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

You can always change font size using \small or \footnotesize of similar commands. I'm not sure what the problem is in your case. This works as expected:

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}% just to generate some dummy text

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]% dummy text

\begin{table}\centering\tiny

\begin{tabular}{ccc}
Test I & Test II & Test III\\
1 & 2 & 3\\
4 & 5 & 6
\end{tabular}
\caption{A table}

\end{table}

\end{document}

So, please follow instructions written here and build a Minimal Working Example (MWE) which shows the problem clearly.

[vdmedragon]

Thanks for your help. I managed to handle it yesterday. I use Lyx and my latex skill is not good enough. I used a float table and to reduce the font size, I added a latex command inside the float. Before, I put it outside and it did not work. Put it outside or use commands in the menu, they can reduce the font size but they can not reduce the height of cells.