How can I make a table that takes up more than a single page?

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I've got data that I need to include in a table, but there's a lot if it. I've played with the font size and table formatting as much as I can, but the table still won't fit on the page. Is there anyway to make a table that spans multiple pages with LaTeX?

Let's see if adding the [page-breaking] tag will stop duplicates of this question. — lockstep, Feb 17 '11 at 21:11
For breaking one cell into multiple pages see Longtable: page breaks within row possible? - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange (at the moment it's not possible) — user202729, Dec 01 '21 at 11:22

score 62 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 07 '14 at 13:49

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Use the longtable package (see also the documentation).

edited Apr 07 '14 at 13:49

Joseph Wright

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answered Jul 26 '10 at 20:30

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Combined with the booktabs package, longtable is an excellent option. – Quadrescence Jul 26 '10 at 20:32
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Be aware that \caption commands are placed inside a longtable environment, and therefore the respective code lines must end with \\. – lockstep Feb 10 '12 at 22:00
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@Quadrescence What can I use the booktabs package for? – tommy.carstensen Jun 12 '15 at 14:38
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Does not work well with two-column – Toivo Säwén Feb 01 '23 at 12:57
@tommy.carstensen it's just a tiny embellishment package that provides a couple of macros for automatically adding extra vertical space around horizontal lines. – ScumCoder Nov 19 '23 at 02:50

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 02 '18 at 19:37

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I would recommend using the xtab package, which is designed as a improvement of the supertabular package.

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Do you have an example for the starred version of xtabular? It is not working with me. – Rafid Feb 18 '11 at 10:31
As Jose, I also suggest the supertabular and xtab packages. The xtab package provides tables that break across pages. – hassan_noori Feb 18 '11 at 20:47
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Do you know if xtab and supertabular are compatible with tabularx? – Mario S. E. May 20 '13 at 13:06

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 07 '21 at 01:58

An alternative solution with longtblr environment of the new LaTeX3 package tabularray:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[a6paper,margin=10mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks}
\begin{document}
Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text.
\begin{longtblr}[
  caption = {Long Long Tabular Long Long Long Tabular},
  entry = {Short Caption},
  label = {tblr:test},
  note{a} = {It is the first footnote.},
  note{$\dag$} = {It is the second long long long long long long footnote.},
]{
  colspec = {XXX}, width = 0.85\linewidth, hlines,
  rowhead = 2, rowfoot = 1,
  row{1-2} = {purple7}, row{Z} = {blue7}, row{3-Y} = {gray9},
}
 Head    & Head  & Head    \
 Head    & Head  & Head    \
 Alpha   & Beta  & Gamma   \
 Epsilon & Zeta  & Eta     \
 Iota    & Kappa & Lambda  \
 Nu      & Xi    & Omicron \
 Rho     & Sigma & Tau     \
 Phi     & Chi   & Psi     \
 Alpha   & Beta  & Gamma   \
 Epsilon & Zeta\TblrNote{a}       & Eta    \
 Iota    & Kappa\TblrNote{$\dag$} & Lambda \
 Nu      & Xi    & Omicron \
 Rho     & Sigma & Tau     \
 Phi     & Chi   & Psi     \
 Alpha   & Beta  & Gamma   \
 Epsilon & Zeta  & Eta     \
 Iota    & Kappa & Lambda  \
 Nu      & Xi    & Omicron \
 Rho     & Sigma & Tau     \
 Phi     & Chi   & Psi     \
 Foot    & Foot  & Foot    \
\end{longtblr}
Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text.
\end{document}

This is good with automatic table title in the second page.
By the way, to use "tabularray", maybe you should do something else.

For overlef, one way is useful: Menu -> TeX Live Version -> 2021. — ML Xu, Oct 31 '22 at 08:57

score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 02 '18 at 19:36

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Depending on your overall requirements and the shape of the data in the table, you might also consider dropping your longtable into a landscape environment, as provided, e.g., by the pdflscape package.

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answered Aug 10 '10 at 00:43

Geoffrey Jones

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