How to fix and keep the table in the page?

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\begin{table}[ht]
\centering
%\footnotesize
%\tabcolsep
%\arraycolsep
%\node (table) [inner sep=0pt]{
%\footnotesize
\caption{Potential of nanotechnology applications in petroleum industry}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{2}
\begin{tabular}{p{0.7\textwidth}|p{0.2\textwidth}|p{0.2\textwidth}|p{0.2\textwidth}|p{0.2\textwidth}}  
%\textbf{\hline Objective & Area}\\
\hline \bfseries Objective & \bfseries Area \\ 
\hline  Improved success ratio of exploration by improving data gathering, recognizing shallow hazards and avoiding dry holes.& Exploration \\ 
\hline Improved performance and reliability in drilling, tubular goods and rotating parts by improving the strength and endurance of the material pH (4-5\% in dispersion) & Drilling \\ 
\hline  Production assurance in diagnostics, monitoring surveillance and management strategies&Production  \\ 
\hline  Corrosion management for surface and subsurface & Production \\ 
\hline  Corrosion management for surface and subsurface & Facilities \\ 
\hline  Refining and petrochemical technologies& Downstream  \\ 
\hline Enhanced oil and gas recovery through reservoir property modification, gas and water injection modification. & Reservoir \\ 
\hline
\label{potofnan}
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

I have issues to contain that table in the A4 page. Someone can fix it for me?

Welcome to TeX.SX! How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? might answer your question. Please do post full examples, not fragments of code — , Jun 03 '15 at 18:22
What exactly are the issues? Which font size and font do you use? How are the page margins set? The body of the tabular environment would appear to contain only two columns, yet the header sets up five columns -- are the last three needed? — Mico, Jun 03 '15 at 18:27

Mico · Answer 1 · 2015-06-03T21:28:06.970

The setup of your tabular environment is a bit confusing: The header defines the format for five columns, yet the body of the environment uses only two columns.

I suggest you switch from tabular to tabularx, let the table take up the full width of the text block, and omit all vertical rules and most of the horizontal rules. And, by replacing \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{2} with \setlength\extrarowheight{1ex}, the table will end up occupying much less of the page, giving you a better chance of getting the table to fit on the intended page.

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{tabularx, % for tabularx environment
            ragged2e, % for \RaggedRight macro
            booktabs, % for \toprule, \midrule, \bottomrule macros
            caption}  % for better spacing below caption
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\RaggedRight}X}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
\setlength\extrarowheight{1ex} % extra vertical whitespace between rows
\caption{Potential of nanotechnology applications in petroleum industry} 
\label{potofnan}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ @{} Y l @{} }  
\toprule
Objective & Area \\ 
\midrule
Improved success ratio of exploration by improving data gathering, 
    recognizing shallow hazards and avoiding dry holes & Exploration \\ 
Improved performance and reliability in drilling, tubular goods and 
    rotating parts by improving the strength and endurance of the material 
    pH (4--5\% in dispersion) & Drilling \\ 
Production assurance in diagnostics, monitoring surveillance and management 
    strategies & Production  \\   
Corrosion management for surface and subsurface & Production \\   
Corrosion management for surface and subsurface & Facilities \\   
Refining and petrochemical technologies & Downstream  \\ 
Enhanced oil and gas recovery through reservoir property modification, gas 
    and water injection modification & Reservoir \\ 
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}

How to fix and keep the table in the page?

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