[Tex/LaTex] 12 columns Table exceeds page width

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My table exceeds the page length. Any help would be highly appreciated.

\setlength{\tabcolsep}{1pt}
\begin{tabular}{l*{12}{c}}
    \hline\hline

    \multicolumn{12}{l}{\hspace{8cm}\textbf{Panel B: Return and Profitability Descriptive Statistics}}\\

    \hline
    &\multicolumn{1}{c}{Non\_Dur}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{ Durable}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Manufacturing}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Oil \& Gas }&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Chemicals}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Bus Eqp}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Phone \& TV}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Utilities}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Whole\_Ret}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Healthcare}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Finance}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Other}\\
    \hline

ROE         &       0.077&       0.057&       0.034&       0.031&       0.026&      -0.069&      -0.927&       1.096&       0.094&      -0.281&       0.450&       0.001 \\
            &       0.119&      -0.111&       0.126&      -0.755&       0.117&      -0.050&       0.102&       0.116&       0.059&       0.067&       0.100&      -0.000 \\
            &      -1.067&       6.948&      -2.569&       7.551&      -1.519&      -0.240&      -0.930&       3.766&       0.998&      -8.318&       4.282&       0.053 \\
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\hline
CF          &       0.061&       0.051&       0.060&       0.059&       0.044&       0.009&       0.029&       0.029&       0.062&      -0.140&       0.003&       0.038 \\
            &       0.062&       0.069&       0.058&       0.076&       0.058&       0.042&       0.054&       0.037&       0.052&      -0.035&       0.021&       0.002 \\
            &      -1.044&      -7.180&       2.385&      -6.253&      -6.694&     -23.859&      -8.631&      -6.328&      11.392&     -37.083&      -6.982&       7.542 \\
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\hline
EBIT\_MAR     &       0.043&      -0.016&      -0.066&      -0.639&      -0.443&      -1.742&      -1.598&       0.017&      -0.012&     -17.730&       0.018&      -1.102 \\
            &       0.075&       0.050&      -0.050&      -5.519&       0.034&      -0.254&      -0.163&       0.185&       0.020&      -8.070&       0.095&      -0.137 \\
            &      -2.244&      -6.142&      -0.519&      10.781&      -4.773&      -5.256&      -1.514&     -11.954&      -2.024&      -5.218&      -0.509&      -8.969 \\
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\hline
GM          &       0.340&       0.262&       0.217&       0.152&       0.146&      -0.847&      -0.696&       0.221&       0.277&     -14.841&       0.350&      -0.587 \\
            &       0.323&       0.285&       0.176&       0.042&       0.361&       0.285&       0.234&       0.279&       0.237&      -7.230&       0.276&       0.165 \\
            &       2.168&      -2.748&       1.644&       0.820&      -5.184&      -4.208&      -1.029&      -9.724&       5.978&      -4.262&       0.583&      -7.792 \\
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\hline
TAX         &       0.339&       0.309&       0.221&       0.264&       0.278&       0.141&       0.263&       0.392&       0.564&       0.249&       0.246&       0.138 \\
            &       0.300&       0.131&       0.369&       0.276&       0.344&       0.162&       0.018&       0.329&       0.306&       0.207&       0.204&       0.216 \\
            &       1.820&       5.471&      -3.440&      -0.289&      -3.618&      -1.018&       3.346&       2.985&       1.382&       0.862&       0.986&      -1.205 \\
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\hline
RET12\_L    &       1.211&       1.223&       1.212&       1.240&       1.215&       1.320&       1.261&       1.166&       1.239&       1.322&       1.144&       1.232 \\
            &       1.217&       1.241&       1.208&       1.257&       1.176&       1.312&       1.293&       1.151&       1.229&       1.318&       1.212&       1.208 \\
            &      -1.006&      -2.006&       1.176&      -2.261&       5.777&       1.258&      -2.815&       6.934&       1.854&       0.631&     -23.983&       6.033 \\
\hline\hline
\end{tabular}

Best Answer

You have several options:

Redesign your table. Split the columns to multiple tables, if that is an option.

If that's not possible, you can change the appearance of the table:

Decrease the font size (e.g. using \small inside \begin{tabular}). In general, this is a bad idea as it will make reading the text harder. Not only because reading text at smaller sizes is more difficult, bot also because your eyes can get lost between all the columns and rows. (Although your caption might say "zoom in for more details" :) - but this is really bad style and not appropriate for printing).
Put your table at a separate landscape page.
Rotate the heading text. This is in particular useful if your headings are longer than the actual cell context.
Convey less information, e.g. reduce the number of significant digits.

With a combination of these, you should be able to produce a good-looking table. In particular, remember the first hint: Redesign your table if possible.

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[Tex/LaTex] Table exceeds page

You can either fix the column width by specifying a paragraph style p{<len>}, or you can use a different tabular environment that stretches according to the contents up to the maximum width of the text block. The latter is provided by the tabularx package which defines the environment tabularx with an additional width-of-table argument, as well as the stretchable X column specifier.

An example of the first suggestion:

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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[a4paper,left=15mm,right=15mm, top=1cm, bottom=2cm]{geometry}% http://ctan.org/pkg/geometry
\begin{document}
\noindent\begin{tabular}{|l|c|p{0.7\linewidth}|}
  \hline
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  \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

An example of the second suggestion:

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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[a4paper,left=15mm,right=15mm, top=1cm, bottom=2cm]{geometry}% http://ctan.org/pkg/geometry
\usepackage{tabularx}% http://ctan.org/pkg/tabularx
\begin{document}
\noindent\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{|l|c|X|}
  \hline
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  \hline
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}

The tabularx approach is an easy way out since you don't have to worry about specifying a column width that exactly matches the remaining column space on the page. However, it is possible to calculate the appropriate value of <len> when using the p{<len>} column specifier.

[Tex/LaTex] Table exceeds page width (tabularx and tabulary)

Your headers are so wide that the table will not fit. You need to force their widths to be smaller, one solution is to put the multicolumn ones in a p type column of specified size:

Sample output

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}

\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{footmisc}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}
  \begin{minipage}{1.0\linewidth}
    \centering
    \caption{aaaaa aaaaa aaaa aaaa}
    \begin{tabulary}{1\textwidth} {J J J J J J J J}
      \toprule Aaaaa aaa & Bbbbbbbbb & \multicolumn{2}{p{2cm}}{CCCCCC
      CCCcccccc} & \multicolumn{2}{p{2cm}}{Dddddddd} &
      \multicolumn{2}{p{2cm}}{Eeeeeeeeee\footnote{ccccc ccccc cc}
      eeeeeee  eeeeeee} \\
      \midrule \multirow{5}[9]{*}{Kitchen} & Refrigerator & 40 & &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{14} &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{\multirow{5}[9]{*}{40}} &
      \multirow{2}[4]{*}{28} & \multirow{5}[9]{*}{55} \\
      & Separate freezer & 40 & & \multicolumn{1}{l}{10} &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{} &       &  \\
      & Dishwasher & 40 & & \multicolumn{1}{l}{7} &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multirow{2}[4]{*}{16} &  \\
      & Washing machine & 40 & & \multicolumn{1}{l}{9} &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{} &       &  \\
      & Others & 40 & & \multicolumn{1}{l}{-} &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & 11    &  \\
      \multirow{2}[3]{*}{Electric equipment} & Informatics &
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{\multirow{2}[3]{*}{33}} &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{7} &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{\multirow{2}[3]{*}{13}} & 12 &
      \multirow{2}[3]{*}{21} \\
      & Entertainment & \multicolumn{2}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{6} &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & 9     &  \\
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{Lighting systems} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{13} &
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{8} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{18} \\
      \multirow{3}[6]{*}{HVAC} & Air heating & \multicolumn{1}{l}{9} &
      \multicolumn{1}{l}{\multirow{3}[6]{*}{11}} & 9 & &
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{\multirow{2}[4]{*}{n. a.}} \\
      & Air cooling & \multicolumn{1}{l}{2} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & 9
      &       & \multicolumn{2}{l}{} \\
      & Air conditioner & \multicolumn{1}{l}{-} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{}
      &
      9     &       & \multicolumn{2}{l}{2} \\
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{Water heating} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{2} &
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{-} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{n. a.} \\
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{Others} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{-} &
      \multicolumn{2}{l}{30} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{4} \\
      \bottomrule
    \end{tabulary}
    \label{tab:comp_dist_cons_dif_sourc}
  \end{minipage}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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