scaling latex objects

Question

Imagine that I have a wide table that does not fit into page:

\begin{tabular}
Some very wide table
\end{tabular}

Can I scale this object without recurring to adjusting the font size?

Changing the font size is better than scaling, as this will use appropriate letter shapes and thus be better readable, see also this comment: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/97505/shrink-table-to-fit-on-a-page-or-keep-it-as-it-is#comment209757_97505 — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Feb 12 '18 at 11:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '18 at 11:13

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\documentclass[]{article}    

\begin{document}

\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline 
a & b \\ 
\hline 
c & d \\ 
\hline 
\end{tabular} 
}

\resizebox{2cm}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline 
a & b \\ 
\hline 
c & d \\ 
\hline 
\end{tabular} 
}

\end{document}

answered Feb 12 '18 at 11:13

sergiokapone

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Do you supply the height or width? What does ! stand for? – Viesturs Feb 12 '18 at 11:17
@Viesturs You can look here https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tables \resizebox{width}{height}{object} The ! mean that scale height anong with the width. – sergiokapone Feb 12 '18 at 11:24

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