Table out of margin?

Question

This is my code :

\documentclass[11pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[H]
\begin{tabular}{|l|lll|llll|l|}
\hline
\multirow{}{}{Algorithm Name} & \multicolumn{3}{l|}{Statistical properties}                               & \multicolumn{4}{l|}{Algorithm's features}                                                                            & \multirow{2}{*}{Notes}     \ \cline{2-8}
                                & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{Average} & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{Variance} & Covariance & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{Non-Blind} & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{Noise robustness} & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{Linear algorithm} & CDW &                            \ \hline
Algorithm1: Simple algorithm    & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{T}       & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{F}        & F          & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{T}         & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{F}                & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{T}                & F   & Illustrative purposes only \ \hline
Algorithm2: Sebe 2005 {[}29{]}  & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{T}       & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{T}        & F          & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{F}         & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{T}                & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{F}                & T   & None                       \ \hline
Algorithm3: Sebe 2006 {[}30{]}  & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{T}       & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{T}        & T          & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{F}         & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{T}                & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{F}                & T   & Future work                \ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

I want it to be like the following that I have made with Word :

Any help is really appreciated !

Does this answer your question? Shrink table to fit on a page, or keep it as it is — José Carlos Santos, Jul 17 '22 at 11:11
@M-S It is clearer now, but your document is far from minimal and doesn't compile without errors. Please fix these problems so as to make it easy for other people to help you. — frougon, Jul 17 '22 at 13:46

Zarko · Answer 1 · 2022-07-17T15:54:07.900

For your problem exist many solution, for example use p<width> columns, use X columns defined in tabularx package, etc. In your case may be handy tabularray package. Anyway, your columns headers are quite wide, even if they are written in two columns. A remedy can be make text area a bit wider (by use of the geometry package) and use the \footnotesize font:

\documentclass[11pt,twoside]{report}
%\usepackage{a4wide}
\usepackage[margin=25mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\begin{document}
    \begin{table}[ht]
    \footnotesize
\begin{tblr}{hlines, vlines,
             colspec= { X[1.4,l,m] *{7}{X[c,m]} X[c, m]},
             colsep = 3pt,
             row{1} = {font=\bfseries}
             }
 \SetCell[r=2]{m}  {Algorithm\ Name}
    &   \SetCell[c=3]{c}  {Statistical properties}
        &   &   &   \SetCell[c=4]{c}  {Algorithm's features}

                    &   &   &   &   \SetCell[r=2]{m}  Notes     \
    &   Average
        &   Variance
            &   Co-variance 
                &   {Non-\ Blind}
                    &   Noise robustness
                        &   Linear algorithm
                            & CDW 
                                &                               \
{Algorithm 1:\ Simple algorithm}

    & T & F & F & T & F & T & F & Illustrative purposes only    \
Algorithm 2: Sebe 2005 [29]

    & T & T & F & F & T & F & T & None                          \
Algorithm 3: Sebe 2006 {[}30{]}

    & T & T & T & F & T & F & T & Future work                   \
\end{tblr}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

If you for some reason had not have wider \textwidth you can make wider only locally for table by help of the package changepage.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 17 '22 at 15:27

You need to allow automatic line breaks in most of the table's columns. This may be done by switching from a tabular to a tabularx environment and employing X-type columns where needed. I would further like to encourage you to give the table a much more open look by (a) getting rid of all vertical rules and (b) employing fewer, but well-spaced, horizontal rules, using the macros of the booktabs package.

\documentclass[11pt,twoside]{report}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2cm]{geometry} % set page parameters as needed
\usepackage{tabularx,ragged2e,booktabs}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\RaggedRight\hspace{0pt}}X}
\newcolumntype{C}{>{\Centering\hspace{0pt}}X}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
\setlength\tabcolsep{2pt} % default: 6pt
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{} L CCC CCCc L @{}}
\toprule
Algorithm Name & \multicolumn{3}{c}{Statistical properties}
& \multicolumn{4}{c}{Algorithm's features} & Notes \ 
\cmidrule(lr){2-4} \cmidrule(l){5-8}
& Average & Variance & Covariance & Non-Blind & Noise robustness & Linear algorithm & CDW & \ 
\midrule
Alg1: Simple algorithm & T & F & F & T & F & T & F & Illustrative purposes only \ 
\addlinespace
Alg2: Sebe 2005 [29]   & T & T & F & F & T & F & T & None \ 
\addlinespace
Alg3: Sebe 2006 [30]   & T & T & T & F & T & F & T & Future work \ 
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Table out of margin?

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