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I'm trying to create a table with 5 columns and 2 rows. The first row should shows images and the second row shows the according text. In my main tex-file I have following code to import the table \input{chapter3/buttonTable}. My buttonTable.tex File has following code in it:

\begin{table}[b]
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ |X|X|X|X|X| }
    \hline
    \includegraphics{./images/buttons/Windows-Buttons.png}
    & 
    \includegraphics{./images/buttons/MacOSX-Buttons.png}
    & 
    \includegraphics{./images/buttons/Gnome-Buttons.png}
    & 
    \includegraphics{./images/buttons/iOS-Buttons.png}
    & 
    \includegraphics{./images/buttons/Android-Buttons.png}
    \\ \hline
    Windows 7 & Mac OS X & Gnome & iOS & Android \\
    \hline
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}

This is the output: http://i47.tinypic.com/1z5r8ys.jpg

Basically I have two questions:

  1. Why do the images get bigger and bigger and how can I avoid it?
  2. How can I center the text in the table?
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you can avoid it by using the parameter width and height of includegraphics includegraphics[width=2cm,height=1cm,keepaspectratio]{...} – susis strolch Jan 4 at 15:48
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just a guess: the size of the images are different(!) and includegraphics is not changing them. – susis strolch Jan 4 at 15:54
Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately your suggested solution does not work. I have added includegraphics[width=2cm,height=1cm,keepaspectratio] to every image but they still scale up. – Flying Rocket Jan 4 at 15:55
The images are nearly the same size (between 75x50 and 99 x 71 pixels) – Flying Rocket Jan 4 at 15:56
As susius said try the width argument, but I'd say don't use cm instead make it dependend from your tablewidth, so for example try: \includegraphics[width=0.15\textwidth]{<name>} or you could also try to scale the images. (e.g. [scale=0.5]) – xfoo Jan 4 at 15:57
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I set up a demo and was unable to recreate the problem. Start with this minimal example and expand it until your problem starts to show.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline
    \includegraphics[height=1cm]{./images/buttons/splash.png}
    & 
    \includegraphics[height=1cm]{./images/buttons/splash.png}
    & 
    \includegraphics[height=1cm]{./images/buttons/splash.png}
    & 
    \includegraphics[height=1cm]{./images/buttons/splash.png}
    & 
    \includegraphics[height=1cm]{./images/buttons/splash.png}
    \\ \hline
    Windows 7 & Mac OS X & Gnome & iOS & Android \\
    \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{tablecaption}
\label{tablelabel}
\end{table}

\end{document}
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Thank you for your answer Johannes. The limiting of the height does work. Previous user also have suggested this workaround. PS: I am going to have multiple tables just like the one I posted. How can I make sure, that the columns are all having the same width? Furthermore I want the table to have the same width as \textwidth. PPS: Is an image scaled up if it is smaller than 1cm or is this the maximum height? – Flying Rocket Jan 4 at 16:51

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