Is there anyway to make this table fit within my document? Additionally, how may I space the first row of the table as the second image below

Question

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,array}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{makecell}
   \begin{document}
      \begin{table}[H]
          \renewcommand\arraystretch{1.5}
            \centering
            \begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
            \toprule
            String Tension & \makecell{Mean \\ Rebound Height} & Uncertainty in $\overline{h_{r}}$ & \makecell{Percentage uncertainty\\ in $\overline{h_{r}}$} & \makecell{Coefficient \\of Restitution} & \makecell{Percentage uncertainty \\in $e$} & Uncertainty in $e$\\
            (T) $\pm$ 5 N & ($\overline{h_{r}}$) / m & $e$ \\
            \midrule
        \rowcolor[rgb]{0.902,0.902,0.902} 
            147 & 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\\
           \rowcolor[rgb]{0.949,0.949,0.949}
            196 & 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\\
        \rowcolor[rgb]{0.902,0.902,0.902} 
            245 & 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345 \\
        \rowcolor[rgb]{0.949,0.949,0.949}
            294& 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\\
        \rowcolor[rgb]{0.902,0.902,0.902} 
            343& 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\\
            \bottomrule
            \end{tabular}
            \caption{Processed Data}
            \label{tab:Raw Data}
        \end{table}
    \end{document}

I tried using the \makecell package, but I could not make it look presentable. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please make your code compilable by adding the documentclass as well as the relevant packages. — leandriis, Dec 17 '21 at 13:50
Your example generates ! LaTeX Error: Unknown float option \H'.` — David Carlisle, Dec 17 '21 at 14:08

Bernard · Answer 1 · 2021-12-18T12:46:51.583

Here is another solution, playing with the value of tabcolsep and the \rothead command from makecell. I also simplified a bit the code with the \rowcolors command from xcolor:

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{booktabs,array, rotating}
\usepackage[table, svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{makecell}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
      \renewcommand\arraystretch{1.5}\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0pt}
      \renewcommand{\theadfont}{\small\bfseries\boldmath}
      \setlength{\rotheadsize}{3.2cm}
      \renewcommand{\cellrotangle}{64}
        \centering
        \rowcolors{3}{Gainsboro!60}{WhiteSmoke}
        \begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
        \toprule
        \rothead{\rlap{String Tension}} & \rothead{Mean \ Rebound Height} & \rothead{\rlap{Uncertainty in $\overline{h_{r}}$}} & \rothead{Percentage\ \rlap{uncertainty in $\overline{h_{r}}$}} & \rothead{\rlap{Coefficient of} \ \rlap{Restitution}} & \rothead{Percentage\ uncertainty in $e$} & \rothead{Uncertainty in $e$}\
        (T) $\pm$ 5 N & ($\overline{h_{r}}$) / m & $e$ \
        \midrule
        147 & 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\
        196 & 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\
        245 & 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345 \
        294& 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\
        343& 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\
        \bottomrule
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{Processed Data}
        \label{tab:Raw Data}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

@Rmano: Thank you so much for the edit! – Bernard Dec 17 '21 at 21:58 — Bernard, Dec 17 '21 at 21:58
You're welcome... It was just a missing apostrophe! ;-) – Rmano Dec 17 '21 at 22:18 — Rmano, Dec 17 '21 at 22:18

Imran · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-17T14:24:35.980

You can decrease the font using the \scriptsize command. Also, you can divide your table head into more lines.

\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage{array, booktabs}
\begin{document}
  \begin{table}%[H]
        \scriptsize
        \renewcommand\arraystretch{1.5}
        \centering
        \begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
        \toprule
        \thead{String \Tension} & \thead{Mean \ Rebound\ Height} & \thead{Uncertainty\ in $\overline{h_{r}}$} & \thead{Percentage \uncertainty\ in $\overline{h_{r}}$} & \thead{Coefficient \of Restitution} & \thead{Percentage \uncertainty \in $e$} & \thead{Uncertainty\ in $e$}\
        (T) $\pm$ 5 N & ($\overline{h_{r}}$) / m & $e$ \
        \midrule
    \rowcolor[rgb]{0.902,0.902,0.902} 
        147 & 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\
       \rowcolor[rgb]{0.949,0.949,0.949}
        196 & 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\
    \rowcolor[rgb]{0.902,0.902,0.902} 
        245 & 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345 \
    \rowcolor[rgb]{0.949,0.949,0.949}
        294& 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\
    \rowcolor[rgb]{0.902,0.902,0.902} 
        343& 1.345 & 2.345 & 2.345& 2.345& 2.345& 2.345\
        \bottomrule
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{Processed Data}
        \label{tab:Raw Data}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

It still exceeds textwidth.

Note: Trying to influence the position of a float by only [!h] or [H] is not a good practice. You may find a detailed answer related to this in this TEX.SE question.

Is there anyway to make this table fit within my document? Additionally, how may I space the first row of the table as the second image below

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