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Can anyone help me to figure out why this code does not work in Lyx? Despite using longtable, the table gets truncated at the end of page after overflowing the bottom margin.

\begin{threeparttable}  
 \begin{longtable}{@{\hskip\tabcolsep\extracolsep\fill}l*{7}{c}}
        \toprule
    Country & N obs  & Total years & No degree & High school & Some college,+ & smth & smth \\
    & & of education & & & & prestige score & income score \\ \hline  \multirow{2}{0mm}{Albania} & \multirow{2}{0mm}{16} & 12.1 & 9 & 31 & 59 & 48.4 & 32.1 \\
    \medskip  &  & (2.8) & (30) & (47) & (50) & (11.9) & (10.1) \\
    \medskip \multirow{2}{0mm}{Norway} & \multirow{2}{0mm}{229} & 12.2 & 8 & 28 & 65 & 47.0 & 31.0 \\
    \bottomrule
    \end{longtable}
\end{threeparttable}
Mico
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user90561
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  • Typo, begin and end parts are not spelled correctly. Also you might want threeparttablex for this (which is probably where you got the spelling for the end part) – daleif Nov 14 '15 at 18:42
  • Besides: please post full minimal examples, not sniplets – daleif Nov 14 '15 at 18:43
  • Yes, please post a full minimal example. If possible, post both the .lyx file (which is just plain text) and the .tex file. For more information see http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MinimalExample – scottkosty Nov 14 '15 at 19:05
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    Why are you using the threeparttable code if there are no table notes? – Mico Nov 14 '15 at 19:12
  • I'm planning to add them later. started with simple case, and it does not work. Also, i use simple CTRL+L for latex code ,and excluded float table LYX option. still the table gets truncated at the bottom of the page. – user90561 Nov 14 '15 at 19:14
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    You shouldn't be using the threeparttable machinery to begin with when using a longtable. Instead, look into using the threeparttablex machinery. – Mico Nov 14 '15 at 19:25

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You shouldn't be using the threeparttable package and its eponymous environment to encase a longtable environment. Instead, use the threeparttablex package. (Note that its syntax is not the same as that of the threeparttable package.)

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in,a4paper]{geometry} % page parameters
\usepackage{longtable,booktabs,threeparttablex}
\begin{document}

\begin{ThreePartTable}
\renewcommand\TPTminimum{\textwidth}
%% Arrange for "longtable" to take up full width of text block
\setlength\LTleft{0pt}
\setlength\LTright{0pt}
\setlength\tabcolsep{0pt}

\begin{TableNotes}
  \item[a] A note
  \item[b] Another note
\end{TableNotes}

\begin{longtable}{ l @{\extracolsep{\fill}} *{7}{c} }
\toprule
Country & N obs  & Total years & No degree & High school & Some college,+ & smth\tnote{a} & smth\tnote{b} \\
& & of education & & & & prestige score & income score \\ 
\midrule
\endhead

\midrule[\heavyrulewidth]
\multicolumn{8}{r}{\textit{continued}}\\
\endfoot  

\midrule[\heavyrulewidth]
\insertTableNotes  % tell LaTeX where to insert the table-related notes
\endlastfoot

Albania & 16 & 12.1 & 9 & 31 & 59 & 48.4 & 32.1 \\
&  & (2.8) & (30) & (47) & (50) & (11.9) & (10.1) \\
\addlinespace
Norway & 229 & 12.2 & 8 & 28 & 65 & 47.0 & 31.0 \\

\end{longtable}   
\end{ThreePartTable}

\end{document}
Mico
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  • thank you very much, Mico. I'd like to ask if perhaps you know ho to adjust regular table (when using threepartable ) to the textwidth of the text keeping the size of the letters the same ? (i.e increase distance between columns automatically) – user90561 Nov 14 '15 at 22:48
  • @user90561 - The closest analogue, in the single-page table group, would be a tabular* environment: Begin with \setlength\tabcolsep{0pt} inside a table environment, and then specify \begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{ l @{\extracolsep{\fill}} *{7}{c} } instead of \begin{longtable}{ l @{\extracolsep{\fill}} *{7}{c} }, and (later) \end{tabular*} instead of \end{longtable}. – Mico Nov 14 '15 at 22:52
  • @user90561 - See also this answer to the question, How to force a table into page width? – Mico Nov 14 '15 at 22:55
  • but within 'tabular' environment, i'll not be able to write appropriate table notes, i think. or i'm mistaken? – user90561 Nov 14 '15 at 22:55
  • @user90561 - You need to write \begin{table}, \begin{threeparttable}, the caption, the tabular* environment, the tablenotes environment, followed by \end{threeparttable} and \end{table}. – Mico Nov 14 '15 at 22:58