Making LaTeX tables smaller?
LatexLatex Problem Overview
I have a LaTeX table that looks like this:
\begin{table}[!ht]
\centering
\small
\caption{
\bf{Caption}}
\begin{tabular}{l|c|c|l|c|c|c|c|c}
field1 & field 2 & ... \\
\hline
...
the problem is that even with "\small" the table is too big, since I use:
\usepackage{setspace}
\doublespacing
in the header. How can I:
- Make the table single spaced? and
- Make the table smaller?
I'd like it to fit on an entire page.
Latex Solutions
Solution 1 - Latex
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tables#Resize_tables talks about two ways to do this.
I used:
\scalebox{0.7}{
\begin{tabular}
...
\end{tabular}
}
Solution 2 - Latex
As well as \singlespacing
mentioned previously to reduce the height of the table, a useful way to reduce the width of the table is to add \tabcolsep=0.11cm
before the \begin{tabular}
command and take out all the vertical lines between columns. It's amazing how much space is used up between the columns of text. You could reduce the font size to something smaller than \small
but I normally wouldn't use anything smaller than \footnotesize
.
Solution 3 - Latex
if it's too long for one page, use the longtable
package. and if it's too wide for the page, use p{width}
in place of l,r, or c for the column specifier. you can also go smaller than \small
, i.e. \footnotesize
and \tiny
. I would consult the setspace package for options on how to remove the double space, though it's probably \singlespace
or something like that.
Solution 4 - Latex
You could add \singlespacing near the beginning of your table. See the setspace instructions for more options.
Solution 5 - Latex
There is also the singlespace
environment:
\begin{singlespace}
\end{singlespace}
Solution 6 - Latex
If you want a smaller table (e.g. if your table extends beyond the area that can be displayed) you can simply change:
\usepackage[paper=a4paper]{geometry}
to \usepackage[paper=a3paper]{geometry}
.
Note that this only helps if you don't plan on printing your table out, as it will appear way too small, then.