Table is too wide to fit in one page

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{dcolumn}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]\centering
\def\sym#1{\ifmmode^{#1}\else\(^{#1}\)\fi}
\caption{Cross-sectional regression}
\begin{tabular}{l*{10}{D{.}{.}{-1}}}
\toprule
            &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(3)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(4)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(5)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(6)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(7)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(8)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(9)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(10)}         \\
\midrule
rec                 &    -0.00887         &     -0.0302         &      -0.260         &      -0.203         &      -0.196         &      -0.142         &      -0.224         &      0.0137         &      -0.231         &      0.0640         \\
            &    [0.0523]         &    [0.0803]         &     [0.157]         &     [0.120]         &     [0.136]         &     [0.126]         &     [0.117]         &     [0.122]         &     [0.460]         &     [0.224]         \\
\addlinespace
Constant            &     -0.0912\sym{***}&    -0.00939         &       0.124\sym{***}&      0.0729\sym{**} &       0.112\sym{***}&       0.131\sym{***}&       0.148\sym{***}&       0.121\sym{***}&       0.235\sym{**} &       0.149\sym{***}\\
            &    [0.0100]         &    [0.0148]         &    [0.0290]         &    [0.0231]         &    [0.0264]         &    [0.0249]         &    [0.0237]         &    [0.0252]         &    [0.0817]         &    [0.0406]         \\
\midrule
Observations        &        8088         &        7153         &        6154         &        5313         &        4591         &        3983         &        3553         &        3186         &        2818         &        2441         \\
Adjusted \(R^{2}\)  &      -0.000         &      -0.000         &       0.000         &       0.000         &       0.000         &       0.000         &       0.001         &      -0.000         &      -0.000         &      -0.000         \\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{11}{l}{\footnotesize Standard errors in brackets}\\
\multicolumn{11}{l}{\footnotesize \sym{*} \(p<0.05\), \sym{**} \(p<0.01\), \sym{***} \(p<0.001\)}\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

This is the code I used when trying to use to create a table. When I run it and print out the PDF, the table is way too wide to fit on one page. I've been checking out similar questions to mine and tried what's suggested in those answers, but I haven't really gotten it to work..

Any suggestions?

Can you please specify what you want to achieve? Eg. rotate the table 90 degrees? put it on a seperate page rotated? — Trefex, Apr 21 '14 at 12:34
...or shrink to fit, or shrink to known smaller font size, etc. — Steven B. Segletes, Apr 21 '14 at 12:37
@Trefex, in best possible scenario I would like to keep the font size. Therefore i think a rotation by 90 degrees would be suitable. How do i achieve this? Thanks — user50270, Apr 21 '14 at 12:55
Please make sure there’s no question on tex.sx covering your problem before asking a new question. For rotating a table, there’s tex.stackexchange.com/questions/25369/how-to-rotate-a-table and tex.stackexchange.com/questions/10101/…, other solutions to overwide tables are given at tex.stackexchange.com/questions/39435/… and tex.stackexchange.com/questions/63651/…. If none of these works for you, please explain why. — doncherry, Apr 21 '14 at 13:45

Mico · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-21 13:14:32Z

A combination of the following elements will make the table fit inside the text block

Reduce the amount of intercolumn whitespace by setting \setlength\tabcolsep{1.5pt} (default value: 6pt)
Use 2.7 instead of -1 as the specifier for the D column type
Use \footnotesize for a 20% (linear) reduction in font size
Use a "normal-width" text block (e.g., with 1" margins)
Center-set the entries in the row with the number of observations
Abbreviate some of the lengthy words in the first column
Eliminate the white space to the left of the first column and the right of the final column.

(The thin vertical lines at the edges of the table are drawn by the showframe option of the geometry package.)

enter image description here

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in,showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{booktabs,dcolumn}
\newcolumntype{d}[1]{D..{#1}}
\def\sym#1{\ifmmode^{#1}\else\(^{#1}\)\fi}
\newcommand\mc[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}} % handy shortcut command
\begin{document}

\begin{table}
\setlength\tabcolsep{1.5pt} % default value is 6pt
\footnotesize
\centering
\caption{Cross-sectional regression}
\begin{tabular}{@{} l *{10}{d{2.7}} @{}} 
\toprule
&\mc{(1)} &\mc{(2)} &\mc{(3)} &\mc{(4)} &\mc{(5)} 
&\mc{(6)} &\mc{(7)} &\mc{(8)} &\mc{(9)} &\multicolumn{1}{c@{}}{(10)}  \\
\midrule
rec & -0.00887 & -0.0302 &  -0.260 &  -0.203 &  -0.196 &  -0.142 &  -0.224 &  0.0137 &  -0.231 &  0.0640         \\
    & [0.0523] & [0.0803] & [0.157] & [0.120] & [0.136] & [0.126] & [0.117] & [0.122] & [0.460] & [0.224]         \\
\addlinespace
Const.\    & -0.0912\sym{***}& -0.00939 &   0.124\sym{***}&  0.0729\sym{**} &   0.112\sym{***}&   0.131\sym{***}&   0.148\sym{***}&   0.121\sym{***}&   0.235\sym{**} &   0.149\sym{***}\\
& [0.0100] & [0.0148] & [0.0290] & [0.0231] & [0.0264] & [0.0249] & [0.0237] & [0.0252] & [0.0817] & [0.0406] \\
\midrule
Obs.\ & \mc{8088} & \mc{7153} & \mc{6154} 
& \mc{5313} & \mc{4591} & \mc{3983} & \mc{3553} 
& \mc{3186} & \mc{2818} & \multicolumn{1}{c@{}}{2441} \\
Adj.~\(R^{2}\)  &  -0.000 &  -0.000 &   0.000 &   0.000 & 0.000 & 0.000 & 0.001 & -0.000 &  -0.000 & -0.000  \\
\bottomrule \addlinespace
\multicolumn{11}{@{}l}{Standard errors in brackets}\\
\multicolumn{11}{@{}l}{\sym{*} \(p<0.05\), \sym{**} \(p<0.01\), \sym{***} \(p<0.001\)}\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Addendum: If you're willing to place the table in landscape mode, i.e., rotate it by 90 degrees, by loading the rotating package and the sidewaystable environment, you can dispense with some of the adjustments above, such as using a smaller font size and abbreviating the words in the first column and still get the table to fit inside the (now wider) text block:

enter image description here

\begin{sidewaystable}
%\footnotesize %% no longer needed
\centering
\caption{Cross-sectional regression}
\smallskip
\begin{tabular}{@{}l*{9}{D{.}{.}{2.7}}d{2.6}@{}}
\toprule
&\mc{(1)} &\mc{(2)} &\mc{(3)} &\mc{(4)} &\mc{(5)} 
&\mc{(6)} &\mc{(7)} &\mc{(8)} &\mc{(9)} &\multicolumn{1}{c@{}}{(10)}  \\
\midrule
rec & -0.00887 & -0.0302 &  -0.260 &  -0.203 &  -0.196 &  -0.142 &  -0.224 &  0.0137 &  -0.231 &  0.0640         \\
    & [0.0523] & [0.0803] & [0.157] & [0.120] & [0.136] & [0.126] & [0.117] & [0.122] & [0.460] & [0.224]         \\
\addlinespace
Constant    & -0.0912\sym{***}& -0.00939 &   0.124\sym{***}&  0.0729\sym{**} &   0.112\sym{***}&   0.131\sym{***}&   0.148\sym{***}&   0.121\sym{***}&   0.235\sym{**} &   0.149\sym{***}\\
& [0.0100] & [0.0148] & [0.0290] & [0.0231] & [0.0264] & [0.0249] & [0.0237] & [0.0252] & [0.0817] & [0.0406] \\
\midrule
Observations & \mc{8088} & \mc{7153} & \mc{6154} 
& \mc{5313} & \mc{4591} & \mc{3983} & \mc{3553} 
& \mc{3186} & \mc{2818} & \multicolumn{1}{c@{}}{2441} \\
Adjusted \(R^{2}\)  &  -0.000 &  -0.000 &   0.000 &   0.000 & 0.000 & 0.000 & 0.001 & -0.000 &  -0.000 & -0.000  \\
\bottomrule \addlinespace
\multicolumn{11}{@{}l}{Standard errors in brackets}\\
\multicolumn{11}{@{}l}{\sym{*} \(p<0.05\), \sym{**} \(p<0.01\), \sym{***} \(p<0.001\)}\\
\end{tabular}
\end{sidewaystable}
\end{document}

Trefex · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-21 13:05:52Z

Pending more details, this is what you could do

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
    \usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]
    \hspace{-3.5cm}
    \def\sym#1{\ifmmode^{#1}\else\(^{#1}\)\fi}
\begin{tabularx}{1.5\textwidth}{lccXXXXXXXX}
\toprule
  &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(3)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(4)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(5)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(6)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(7)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(8)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(9)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(10)}         \\          
\midrule
rec                 &    -0.00887         &     -0.0302         &      -0.260         &      -0.203         &      -0.196         &      -0.142         &      -0.224         &      0.0137         &      -0.231         &      0.0640         \\
            &    [0.0523]         &    [0.0803]         &     [0.157]         &     [0.120]         &     [0.136]         &     [0.126]         &     [0.117]         &     [0.122]         &     [0.460]         &     [0.224]         \\
\addlinespace
Constant            &     -0.0912\sym{***}&    -0.00939         &       0.124\sym{***}&      0.0729\sym{**} &       0.112\sym{***}&       0.131\sym{***}&       0.148\sym{***}&       0.121\sym{***}&       0.235\sym{**} &       0.149\sym{***}\\
            &    [0.0100]         &    [0.0148]         &    [0.0290]         &    [0.0231]         &    [0.0264]         &    [0.0249]         &    [0.0237]         &    [0.0252]         &    [0.0817]         &    [0.0406]         \\
\midrule
Observations        &        8088         &        7153         &        6154         &        5313         &        4591         &        3983         &        3553         &        3186         &        2818         &        2441         \\
Adjusted \(R^{2}\)  &      -0.000         &      -0.000         &       0.000         &       0.000         &       0.000         &       0.000         &       0.001         &      -0.000         &      -0.000         &      -0.000         \\
\bottomrule
    \multicolumn{11}{l}{\footnotesize Standard errors in brackets}\\
\multicolumn{11}{l}{\footnotesize \sym{*} \(p<0.05\), \sym{**} \(p<0.01\), \sym{***} \(p<0.001\)}\\
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}

This will lead to this result

enter image description here

The tabularx package provides a new column type 'X' which is what you might be looking for. I also removed 3.5 cm on the left using hspace and i set the width of the tabular to use 1.5 times the textwidth.

You might have to change the margins or play around with these settings or be more specific :)

Edit: To rotate the table, use the rotating package. Then you can replace \begin{table} with \begin{sidewaystable} and your table is now rotated. Obviously you can remove the hspace and adjust the width of the tabularx environment to your liking...

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}

\begin{sidewaystable}[htbp]\centering

\def\sym#1{\ifmmode^{#1}\else\(^{#1}\)\fi}
    \begin{tabularx}{0.99\textheight}{lccXXXXXXXX}
    \toprule
&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}     {(3)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(4)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(5)}            &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(6)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(7)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(8)}           &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(9)}         &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(10)}         \\          
\midrule
rec                 &    -0.00887         &     -0.0302         &      -0.260         &       -0.203         &      -0.196         &      -0.142         &      -0.224         &       0.0137         &      -0.231         &      0.0640         \\
          &    [0.0523]         &    [0.0803]         &     [0.157]         &      [0.120]         &     [0.136]         &     [0.126]         &     [0.117]         &      [0.122]         &     [0.460]         &     [0.224]         \\
\addlinespace
Constant            &     -0.0912\sym{***}&    -0.00939         &       0.124\sym{***}&        0.0729\sym{**} &       0.112\sym{***}&       0.131\sym{***}&       0.148\sym{***}&         0.121\sym{***}&       0.235\sym{**} &       0.149\sym{***}\\
          &    [0.0100]         &    [0.0148]         &    [0.0290]         &     [0.0231]         &    [0.0264]         &    [0.0249]         &    [0.0237]         &     [0.0252]         &    [0.0817]         &    [0.0406]         \\
\midrule
Observations        &        8088         &        7153         &        6154         &           5313         &        4591         &        3983         &        3553         &          3186         &        2818         &        2441         \\
Adjusted \(R^{2}\)  &      -0.000         &      -0.000         &       0.000         &        0.000         &       0.000         &       0.000         &       0.001         &       -0.000         &      -0.000         &      -0.000         \\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{11}{l}{\footnotesize Standard errors in brackets}\\
\multicolumn{11}{l}{\footnotesize \sym{*} \(p<0.05\), \sym{**} \(p<0.01\), \sym{***} \ (p<0.001\)}\\
\end{tabularx}
\end{sidewaystable}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Thanks for the quick answer. This works fine! But if I would like to rotate 90 degrees to keep font size, how will I approach this in the code? — user50270, Apr 21 '14 at 12:58
I tried the rotating package together with the sidewaystable command. My problem now is that the table is too "long" and stretches out of the page. Do you have any suggestions of how to solve this? Thank you — user50270, Apr 21 '14 at 13:07
By using the X column type, the numbers will no longer be aligned on their decimal values and the - (minus) signs in front of negative numbers will be typeset as dashes rather than as proper minus signs. You may want to mention these features explicitly in the answer. — Mico, Apr 21 '14 at 13:20

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