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I have such table:

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ |p{0.5cm}|X|p{1cm}|p{0.8cm}|p{1.1cm}|p{0.9cm}|p{0.9cm}|p{1.2cm}|p{0.9cm}|p{0.9cm}|p{1.5cm}| }                                                                                                                  
    \hline                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    No. & Compound & Storage place & Shelf & Number & Calc mol & Cacl wt & Calc amount & Real mol & Real wt & Real amount \\                                                                                                                 
    \hline                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    1 & lasdsdasdasdasdasddasdllasfsdjfsd & Lab1 & 2 & 355235 & 85.000 & 92.006 & 1.33620 & 85.000 & 92.006 & 1.33620 g \\                                                                                                                   
    \hline                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
\end{tabularx}

How to wrap long word in second column? I would like to have table where text never ever overflow.

What I have now is:

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What I would like to have:

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Note: I'm using xelatex as compiler, I dont know if it makes difference.

marxin
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    First your table is too wide to fit in. Second, you may use \hspace{0pt} lasdsdasdasdasdasddasdllasfsdjfsd so that the long word is hyphenated. TeX doesn't hyphenate the first word. When you add \hspace{0pt}, you trick TeX to treat the long word as not the first word. –  Aug 28 '14 at 09:53
  • @HarishKumar - I doubt that there are any hyphenation rules that provide sensible guidance regarding the hyphenation of the remarkable string "lasdsdasdasdasdasddasdllasfsdjfsd"... – Mico Aug 28 '14 at 09:58
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    @Mico TeX hypheantes "lasdsdasdasdasdasddasdllasfsdjfsd" but, no rules followed ;-) –  Aug 28 '14 at 10:01
  • @HarishKumar - great, works as intended. Please post your answer so I can accept it. – marxin Aug 28 '14 at 10:14

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Converting the comment into answer.

TeX doesn't hyphenate the first word. You can add \hspace{0pt}, and trick TeX to treat the long word as not the first word. Using \hspace{0pt} lasdsdasdasdasdasddasdllasfsdjfsd should do the job in the present case.

You may prefer to put it in the column definition itself like >{\hspace{0pt}}X thereby avoiding its specification in (each) cell.

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    >{\hspace{0pt}}X for the second column should avoid the need of specifying it explicitly in the cell. – egreg Aug 28 '14 at 10:57
  • Is there a solution when using something like \begin{tabular}{l||r|r||r|r||r||r|r}, i.e.: no fixed widths? – U. Windl Nov 20 '19 at 00:09