shrinking tables for presentations

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What is the most convenient way to shrink a table to fit in a beamer slide?

I'd point out that large tables are not usually a good idea in presentations, so before you simply cram in lots of numbers do think about the point you are aiming to achieve. — Joseph Wright, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:51

Stefan Kottwitz · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-08 09:51:38Z

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Besides adjusting the font size such that it fits:

You could use tabularx to fit the table to the slide by using automatically expanding columns
Or you could use \resizebox of the graphicx package to scale a complete table/tabular environment to match the slide width or height.

answered Nov 8, 2010 at 9:51

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The downside of \resizebox is that if you have a landscape page and use longtable package, the table gets flipped and is rendered useless. At least that was my case. Good tip, though.
– Roman Luštrik
Dec 12, 2010 at 15:03
\resizebox \r \resizebox does not work for me; I'm using TeXnicCenter. There have to be a way to improve on including tables, none of the solutions given above work.
– Galois Theory
Dec 13, 2011 at 22:04
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@RomanLuštrik: in the context of a presentation, having a side-way table would be somewhat... odd.
– Bruno Le Floch
Dec 13, 2011 at 22:40

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C. Reed · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-22 00:30:43Z

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Use \small or \tiny after the \begin{table}

answered Nov 8, 2010 at 3:44

C. Reed

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You mean after \begin{table}? Most likely, in a presentation one will use a table without putting it as a float. In that case, but \small etc before \begin{tabular} and enclose it in a group.
– Aditya
Nov 8, 2010 at 6:48
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As far as I know the »beamer« class defines its own non-floating table (and figure) environment.
– Thorsten Donig
Nov 8, 2010 at 8:16
+1 also got it working adding \huge between \begin{table} and \begin{tabular}
– David LeBauer
Dec 1, 2010 at 0:48

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ALRADDADI · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-10 12:50:56Z

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I had the same problem. The problem is solved by using the following:

\begin{frame}[shrink=5]{Title}

\end{frame}

Number 5 is fixed.

answered Dec 9, 2021 at 19:47

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