Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Too much data in table

[Paradigm6790]

Hello everyone!

This seems like it is probably a mundane problem, but I'm having a problem where the data I have inserted into the table I created is simply too much for it, extending over the \textwidth size I set for it's boundaries.

I already have some small formatting of text to reign it in a little, is there another way to have it fit into the defined area besides decreasing the size of the font in every cell?

I've attached an image of the table I speak of, with a red line inserted vertically to indicate where the table should end. It's just dummy data I generated randomly using the maximum possible size of the fields, for a worst case scenario.

Thanks a million!

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[Paradigm6790]

Sorry for the double post, just updating my situation. I decided the \textwidth bounding was arbitrary, ans just increased the size to fit the extra column.

I do, however, have a seperate problem with the same table. If you notice the multicolumn/multirow areas containing the sideways text "iteration(1-4)" you will see only the first row is gray. I need to make that whole area solid grey, and thought that columncolor would do the job, but it obviously failed.

Thanks again!

[achim]

You could use the landscape package in order to have the page rotated on which your table is situated. However, the table will be too long for one page then. To solve this, I would use the longtable package. I've just recently compiled a huge table with the two mentioned environments and it works brilliantly.

For your second problem:
Could it be that you define the cell colour outside the multirow command? (Can we maybe see your code?)