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I have a really long table and it does not fit the page. So, I want it to span on several pages. When I google about my issue, I came accross longtable. However, it seems like longtable do not support tabular format. Is there a way to resolve this issue?

\documentclass[jou,apacite]{apa6}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{#1}}
\usepackage{longtable}
\begin{document}

\begin{longtable*}[!t]
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
\caption{My data}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|p{2.8cm}|p{0.6cm}|p{1.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|P{0.8cm}|p{2.6cm}|p{2.5cm}|}
\hline
\textbf{Name} & \textbf{Year} & \textbf{ID} & \textbf{Address} & \textbf{Salary} & \textbf{Skills} & \textbf{Qualifications} \\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{table3}
\end{longtable*}
\end{document}

Please let me know if any further details are needed. :)

EDIT

I did not just post the question without looking at any materials or other questions. I also tried the solution in How to convert table to longtable being able to break across pages?. However, that did not work either. That is why I posted the question.

Mensch
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EmJ
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1 Answers1

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You have several issues in your given code, for example command \label has to follow \caption ...

You should not use verticals lines and instead of \hline have better a look to package booktabs (type texdoc booktabs on your terminal/console) ...

How you get the title back for the second page I left over for you. Please read the manual of longtable (type texdoc longtable on your terminal/console) ...

With the following corrected code 

\documentclass[jou,apacite]{apa6}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{#1}}
\usepackage{longtable}

\usepackage{showframe} % to visualize writing area and margins ...
\usepackage{blindtext} % to generate dummy text


\begin{document}

\Blindtext
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}

\begin{longtable}{|p{2.8cm}|p{0.6cm}|p{1.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|P{0.8cm}|p{2.6cm}|p{2.5cm}|}
\caption{My data}
\label{tab:table3}\\
\hline
\textbf{Name} & \textbf{Year} & \textbf{ID} & \textbf{Address} & \textbf{Salary} & \textbf{Skills} & \textbf{Qualifications} \\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text &\\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text &\\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text &\\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text &\\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text &\\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text &\\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text &\\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text &\\
\hline
Some text & some text & some text & 5 & some text & Som text &\\
\hline
\end{longtable}
\blindtext
\end{document}

you get the result:

enter image description here

Mensch
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  • Thanks a lot :) However, this still gives me an error in \begin{longtable}{|p{2.8cm}|p{0.6cm}|p{1.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|P{0.8cm}|p{2.6cm}|p{2.5cm}|}. It says that longtable not in 1-column mode. Is there a way to resolve this issue? – EmJ Jan 13 '19 at 02:13
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    @Emi Well, I think you do not want to hear that: no, longtable can not run in a two column layout (see manual). In my code I do not get that error, so in your origin you used something you did not show in your MWE :-( Try to add \onecolumn before the long table and add \twocolum after. – Mensch Jan 13 '19 at 02:19
  • @EmJ someone posted that question, see the answer here – nonthevisor Nov 11 '20 at 08:26
  • one of OP main question is about the use of tabular, but your answer does not explicitly mention it should indeed be removed!? – Matifou Mar 29 '21 at 15:11
  • Thank you for this code - it helped me to deal with a loooong table. However, I struggle with the lines, they are nice on the right side of the table but on the left side they dont go all the way up. Is there a way I can change this? – Marte Apr 05 '23 at 10:12