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Text does not fit into table which causes bad box errors
I use Excel2Latex to convert tables in Excel to Latex, however a problem arises when the text is too long to fit in the column and I get many bad box errors. My code is:
% Table generated by ...
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Underfull hbox in tabular
I'm trying to make a table with fixed column widths. Cells in the first column will generally not have enough text to require a line break within the cell. The second column's cells will quite often ...
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How to add equation with cases inside the table
I want to include the complicated equation into one of the cells of my table. I am using tabular environment, additionally I have some multirows. I would like to add something like this:
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How to create a table with merged columns and rows, and wrapped text, like in MS Word?
The above can easily be created in MS word, but how can I create something like this in latex? Basically changing the columns for specific cells, merging a bunch of cells together, wrapping text in ...
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How to get line-breaking / multirow to work in the caption of my beginner's table?
How to get line-breaking / multirow to work in the caption of my beginner's table?
\caption{this is my first table's captive caption}
I'd like the caption to look sth like this:
this is my ...
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How to get autobreaking with sequential tables
So it appears that \hspace is not breakable, but is if it is followed by \allowbreak. Alternatively you can use \hskip1.0em as that is breakable.
So, if my understanding is correct, then why do the ...
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Linebreak in table cell at document margin
In order to allow line breaks within a table cell, I use \parbox. But when the cells I want to have line breaks in are in the last column of the table, the best thing would be to break them at the ...
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line break in tabular
I try to set a line break within a tabular environment where the column is not definded with p{$width}. I've tried the following without the expected result
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
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Multiline listing within multicolumn row
I have a problem putting a listing (using lstlisting package) within a table. The problem is that I want to put a multiline listing in a row taking 2 columns.
The following minimal example shows ...
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How to wrap text in table with delimiter?
I have one long text in a column of table. I want to wrap this it into a cell by using delimiter "/". How can I do it in longtable?
ABCDEFGHIJ/DATSET
Format: ABCDEFGHIJ
DATSET
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Big Table with line and pagebreaks
For a technical documentation (two columns: function name left, description right) I need a way for automatic line and page breaks in a table environment in case the descriptions get a bit longer.
I ...
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How can I get a very wide table to wrap all three rows within the margins?
I have a series of tables that are going to be very (very!) wide, but with only 3 rows. Is there any way I can get the tables to wrap within my margins, without having to break the rows within the ...
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How to wrap the 90 degrees rotated text in a table cell
in Microsoft word I have a table which has the following structure.
Now, I need to make a similar table in LaTex to submit a publication, I tried with the following code,
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Table column fixed width does not fire
I have the springer svjour3 template and the user guide says that for tables the usual Latex 2e commands are used.
Now, I would like to produce a table that goes over the whole page (the error is the ...
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Preventing newline from left column from forcing a newline in the right column
I'm writing a CV in LaTeX, and got started with the sample called Writing a CV in LaTeX.
I'm trying to modify it so that a newline in the left column does not force a newline in the right column. ...
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Automatic break line after multicolumn
Is there a way to put \\ after multicolumn automatically, each time it appears in the code? Pseudocode would look like this:
\newcommand{\commandThatAddsBreaklines}
if(thereIsAMulticolumn == true)
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Text gets out beyond the table
I use WinEdit and try to make a table. The problem is that I can not move the text in a multirow to the second line. There are the packages I use:
\documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
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Difference between \\ and \tabularnewline
What is the difference between \\ and \tabularnewline?
Is it same as the difference between \\ and newline?
Is \tabularnewline preferred over \\ when creating tables?
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How does LaTeX make line-breaking for word that can not fit in cell?
Often in my tables LaTeX doesn't want to line-break a word that can not fit in a cell.
How I can teach it to split such a word?
As you can see in my example below the same word in some cases will be ...
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LaTeX pushes the cell off the bottom of the page
I have a problem with too long text in one cell.
Text in cell is autocreated, and I cannot know previously how long will be it. When text is too long LaTeX pushes the cell off the bottom of the page.
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Too long hyperlink can not fit on page
I have a problem with a too long hyperlink.
This reference is one word, but it is too long and doesn't set the text width, so some part is pushed beyond the margin:
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Text running through table cell after forced linebreak
I’m trying to fit some text in a table, but the text keeps running through the table cells. I’ve already specified a fixed column width for the text using the p{} command. Initially, this worked, but ...
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Add image and line break within a table
I want to create a rather mysterious table with both a line brake in a single row and an image. You understand that I cannot use a new row without \hline because I want to add an image at the same ...
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1answer
238 views
Line spacing in wrapped table text
I have a document where the text is set to double spacing. I have some text inside tables, which I use the paragraphy specifier for. It wraps properly, but spacing is set to single. Is it possible to ...
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Newline in \multirow environment
One element of a multirow column is long. How can I split it so that it spans over multiple line. The following code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow,array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
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Tables environment
I have a question about breaking lines and pages in table environment. I know, there are some solutions as using longtable package, however, it is quite complicated and I don't know how to work with ...
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How to wrap text in a table when there are no spaces at which to break the line?
I have a lot of text in table. I want to wrap it with in 2cm.
In the last column, I have [1][2][3].....[89][100] but the column width is only 2 cm.
It is supposed be wrapped by itself.
How can I ...
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Tabular: Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines
I read all the questions regarding the error message Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines but I am still not sure if my code is correct. The problem is with the tabular of a table.
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Correct longtable \multicolumn exceeding page boundaries/margins
I have problem with some of the longtable tables, as illustrated here:
Is there an easy way to make table wrap cell contents multi-line so that it does not exceed page margins?
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LaTeX table frustratingly too wide
I'm getting really frustrated. I want to enter the following table into my LaTeX document, but the first and third columns refuse to narrow so it is too wide. Can someone please tell me what I am ...
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latex tabular issue
I am creating a tabular in LaTeX.
I want one column to be as small as possible, with no inter column spacing, so that it's just enough to fit the text. I know the answer to this question: I need to ...
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How to add a newline in a table cell?
How can I put a new line (line break) within a table cell? I'm at a loss how to do this. I'm not using lyx or anything special, just MacTex and texmaker.
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Wrapping file paths in tables [closed]
I am programmatically creating LaTeX documents. Now, what I wish to do is to have a table in which a file path wraps. I expected I'd be able to do this by defining that column of the table as a ...
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Wrap text inside tabular environment without changing a lot of code
I used the following code:
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|l|}
\hline
Pin Number & Pin Name & Analog Function\\
\hline
\hline
1& 4xOUTZ& Yaw-rate or Z-rate output voltage 4 times amplified ...
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Prevent empty line after tabular environment
I have a question related to Empty line after a tabular environment.
I have a document using package lineno to enumerate lines. The rendered document enumerates a line exactly after any tabular ...
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tabular tabularx automatic linebreak (p/m/b doesn't work as expected)
The following snipped should break at the end of the column
\begin{table}[hb]
\begin{tabular}{|l|p{.5\textwidth}|}
\hline \bfseries Col 1 & \bfseries Col 2\\\hline
\hline Line ...
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Split sentences in table
I have a table with two columns: a word and its description, which is a sentences. Now, when I create a pdf, the sentences run out of the page boundary. Is it possible to automatically split the ...
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Table growing with content and automated line break
I would like to have a tabular or something similar with one cell and the following behavior:
The cell grows vertically and horizontally to fit the content of the cell but no more than \linewidth
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Line break in table caption using beamer
I would like to add a line break in a centered table caption with beamer. I can't seem to figure it out. Here is sample code:
\documentclass[xcolor=pdftex,svgnames,table]{beamer}
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Break url in tabular
How can I break hyperref URLs in a tabular environment. Consider the following example:
\documentclass{article}
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Does \\ in the last line of an array have any effect?
Consider the following example:
\begin{array}{l}
line 1 \\
line 2 \\
\end{array}
Is the \\ in the last line completely optional or are there circumstances under which it has any effect?
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Line break in rotatebox in table?
I use \rotatebox to create a table with vertical headers, like so:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{rotating}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
\hline
...
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3answers
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Newline in a table cell which is centered
This question may look like a duplicate but, none of the answers given to the possible duplicates contain the answer to this specific case.
I have a tabular, say \begin{tabular}{ccc}. While adding a ...
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1answer
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Error with table
\begin{table}[ht]
\makebox[\textwidth][c]{
\begin{tabular}{ccccc}
\hline
\hline
[] & [] & [] & [] & []\\
[] & [] & [] & [] & []\\
...
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1answer
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Multirow and lines - how to draw line going through selected columns
I was wondering if it is possible to draw line which goes through some columns in table(not all columns). I have a table which looks like that
\begin{longtable}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
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Macro for tabbing with complex line breaks (or similar environment)
I have a complicated transcription with mid-line aligned text. I've been using tabbing to do it automatically, but it obviously doesn't do line breaks.
I want to write a macro (unless something ...
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Line break in the table item
I am creating table in LaTeX and I need to get the text to perform line break automaticaly when it's too long. And if possible, I'd like to get the text alignment to the left. Is it possible to handle ...
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Tabular, parbox, vertical alignment
What i want to achieve is really simple:
I want to be able to align cell content at the top (which is the default behavior of tabular) while being able to manually break lines (and anything you could ...
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1answer
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disabling line breaks in datatool table
I have a csv file containing a list of names with addresses. I'm using the datatool package to load these and output stickers (using the labels package) for envelopes. This is done using \DTLforeach. ...
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\newline not working with booktabs?
A while ago I had a question about having multi-line strings in a table cell (
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/3748/in-cell-newlines-in-tabular-environments).
I remember seeing it working but ...
