Theses, Books, Title pages ⇒ Big tables

[Shafiq Popal]

Hello everyone,
I need some very big tables to be used for my thesis. One of the tables that I used is attached and the code is also given. But after compiling the file, my table does not appear completely on the page. Any idea how to fit it on the page?

Regards,

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\begin{table}[!h]
\caption{Theoretical Strength of Specimens}
\label{tab:ts}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l l l l l l l}
\toprule
\tabhead{Specimen} & \tabhead{Strengthening Material} & \tabhead{Depth of Compression Block (\textit{$\alpha$, mm})} & \tabhead{Felxural Capacity (\textit{kNm})} & \tabhead{Cracking Moment (\textit{kN})} & \tabhead{Ultimate Load (\textit{kN})} & \tabhead{Enhancement in Bearing Capacity (\textit{\%}})  \\
\midrule
I-SB0-SWR0 & --- & 9.670 & 6.383 & 4.587 & 9.896 & --- \\
II-SB4-SWR0 & 4 Steel Bars \O 6 mm & 15.80 & 9.966 & 5.10 & 15.451 & 56.133 \\
III-SB0-SWR4 & 4 P-SWRs \O 3 mm & 14.650 & 9.369 & 5.338 & 14.525 & 46.776 \\
IV-SB2-SWR2 & 2 Steel Bars \O 6 mm and 2 P-SWRs \O 3 mm & 15.240 & 9.680 & 5.748 & 15.0 & 51.576 \\
V-SB0-SWR8 & 8 P-SWRs \O 3 mm & 19.490 & 12.050 & 7.720 & 18.682 & 88.783 \\
\bottomrule\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

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[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi!

The table head entries are very long. They would never fit to the page. You could wrap them, having a header with multiple lines, or shorten them. Perhaps, instead of writing Depth of Compression Block (\textit{$\alpha$, mm}), you could write Depth with a footnote that explains what is meant. And the same for other entries.

Alternatively, you could rotate the table by 90 degrees to have more space.

So, possible ways are

• tabularx table in \textwidth, p and X columns
• footnotes at the table (threeparttable package)
• rotated table, using lscape or pdflscape or rotating, sidewaystable

I don't go into details as I don't know yet which way you would like to choose.

Stefan

[Shafiq Popal]

May I know the package and code for using footnotes under the table because I tried rotating the table but it did not fit

Thanks a lot

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Here is a complete example with table notes. In addition, I rotated the header to save horizontal space.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[hmargin=3cm]{geometry}   
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\newcommand{\tabhead}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
\newcommand{\rothead}[1]{\rotatebox{45}{\tabhead{#1}}}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[!h]
  \caption{Theoretical Strength of Specimens}
  \label{tab:ts}
  \centering
  \begin{threeparttable}
    \begin{tabular}{l >{\raggedright}p{5em} l l l l l}
      \toprule
      \tabhead{Specimen} & \tabhead{Material\tnote{1}} &
      \rothead{Depth\tnote{1}} & \rothead{Capacity\tnote{3}} &
      \rothead{Moment\tnote{4}} & \rothead{Load\tnote{5}} &
      \rothead{Enhancement\tnote{5}\quad}  \\
      \midrule
      I-SB0-SWR0 & --- & 9.670 & 6.383 & 4.587 & 9.896 & --- \\
      II-SB4-SWR0 & 4 Steel Bars \O 6 mm & 15.80 & 9.966 & 5.10
          & 15.451 & 56.133 \\
      III-SB0-SWR4 & 4 P-SWRs \O 3 mm & 14.650 & 9.369 & 5.338
          & 14.525 & 46.776 \\
      IV-SB2-SWR2 & 2 Steel Bars \O 6 mm and 2 P-SWRs \O 3 mm
          & 15.240 & 9.680 & 5.748 & 15.0 & 51.576 \\
      V-SB0-SWR8 & 8 P-SWRs \O 3 mm & 19.490 & 12.050 & 7.720
          & 18.682 & 88.783 \\
      \bottomrule\\
    \end{tabular}
    \begin{tablenotes}
      \item[1] Strengthening material
      \item[2] Depth of Compression Block (\textit{$\alpha$, mm})
      \item[3] Felxural Capacity (\textit{kNm})
      \item[3] Cracking Moment (\textit{kN})
      \item[3] Ultimate Load (\textit{kN})
      \item[3] Enhancement in Bearing Capacity (\textit{\%})
    \end{tablenotes}
  \end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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Stefan

[Shafiq Popal]

This is really beyond my expectations. Thank you so much for your help and support.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I noticed I forgot to adjust the table footnote numbers below the table, I guess you already saw that there are several \item[3]. Just to mention it.

Stefan