[Tex/LaTex] Fit table into page

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I have been trying to create a (simple) table via tablesgenerator with unsatisfying output so far. I would like to create the following table (Table 4. Summary of Selected….) but it wont fit into my page. Either it is too big or it becomes too small when I use \resizebox function or adjustbox.
I have looked a lot in this forum and tried many options without success so far.
The following code plots the table above (Table 3.1). I hope somebody can help me out!
Thanks a lot!

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}


       \begin{table}[]
    \centering
    \caption{My caption}
    \label{my-label}
    \resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{%
    \begin{tabular}{@{}lllllll@{}}
    \toprule
    \textbf{Model}          & \textbf{Breach morphology}                    & \textbf{Flow}                               & \textbf{Sediment transport capacity}         & \textbf{Geomechanics}                                  & \textbf{Solution method}                         & \textbf{Remarks}                          \\ \midrule
                            & 1D Exner equation                             & 1D St.Venant equations                      & Multiple formulas                            & Longitudinal slope stability                           & Fine difference,uncoupled                        & Overtopping, no lateral erosion           \\
    DEICH\_N1 and DEICH\_N2 & Evolution from 1D/2D Exner quation            & Shallo water equations                      & Nine different formulas availabe             &                                                        & 1D/2D numerical model, uncoupled                 &                                           \\
                            & 2D Exner equation                             & 2D shallow water equations                  & Erosion formula from WEPP, USDA              &                                                        & 2D numerical model, uncoupled                    & Validated with Norweigian field tests     \\
                            & Clear-water scour                             & 2D shallow water equations                  & Chen and Anderson's formula for erosion rate & 3D slope stability                                     & 2D TVD finite differnce, uncoupled               & Noncohesive dam, overtopping              \\
                            & 2D Exner equation                             & 2D shallow water equations                  & Formulas for bed-load and suspended load     & Lateral erosion, vertical erosion, and slope stability & 2D finite volume ( Roe and HLL), uncoupled       & Noncohesive levee, overtopping            \\
                            & 2D nonequilibrium sediment transport equation & 2D shallow water equations                  & Formula for bed-load                         & Lateral erosion,vertical erosion, and slope stability  & 2D finite volume (Roe's Riemann solver), coupled & Noncohesive overtopping                   \\
                            & 2D nonequilibrium sediment transport equation & 2D shallow water equations with wave-action & Soulsby formula                              & Bed avalanching                                        & 2D finite difference, uncoupled                  & Noncohesive dune and barrier, overtopping \\
                            & 1D/2D Nonequilibrium total-load tranport      & Generelized shallow water equations         & Wu etal. total-load capacity formula         & Lateral erosion and slope stability ( repose angle)    & 1D/2D finite volume (HLL) scheme, coupled        & Noncohesive dam and levee, overtopping    \\
                            & 2D nonequilirbium sediment transport          & Generalized shallow water equations         & Modified Meyer-Peter and Müller bed-load     & Slope stability (repose angle)                         & Finite volume (HLLC) scheme, coupled             & Landslide dam, overtopping                \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}%
    }
    \end{table}

\end{document}

Best Answer

First of all, the data of your table appears huge and putting this into one table might sacrifice readability of your work. It would be a great thing to do if you can shrink the content of the table a bit or redesign the table. Other than that, I've made a bunch of improvements:

I used the sidewaystable environment from the rotating package; this will make more room for the table columns.
I removed the \resizebox{\textwidth}{!} and used tabularx instead.
To avoid too much weird hyphens with full justification, I used \raggedright.
To gain more space, I changed the default tabcolsep from 4pt to 2pt.
Using \sffamily gives also some more space.
Finally, using \small will save some extra space without sacrificing readability.

The above, as I said before, should be your last resort after both shrinking of content and table redesign fail.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabularx,rotating}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\begin{document}

    \setlength{\tabcolsep}{2pt}
    \begin{sidewaystable}
    \small\sffamily\centering
    \caption{My caption}
    \label{my-label}
    \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}*7{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}X}@{}}
    \toprule
    \textbf{Model}          & \textbf{Breach morphology}                    & \textbf{Flow}                               & \textbf{Sediment transport capacity}         & \textbf{Geomechanics}                                  & \textbf{Solution method}                         & \textbf{Remarks}                          \\ \midrule
                            & 1D Exner equation                             & 1D St.Venant equations                      & Multiple formulas                            & Longitudinal slope stability                           & Fine difference,uncoupled                        & Overtopping, no lateral erosion           \\
    DEICH\_N1 and DEICH\_N2 & Evolution from 1D/2D Exner quation            & Shallo water equations                      & Nine different formulas availabe             &                                                        & 1D/2D numerical model, uncoupled                 &                                           \\
                            & 2D Exner equation                             & 2D shallow water equations                  & Erosion formula from WEPP, USDA              &                                                        & 2D numerical model, uncoupled                    & Validated with Norweigian field tests     \\
                            & Clear-water scour                             & 2D shallow water equations                  & Chen and Anderson's formula for erosion rate & 3D slope stability                                     & 2D TVD finite differnce, uncoupled               & Noncohesive dam, overtopping              \\
                            & 2D Exner equation                             & 2D shallow water equations                  & Formulas for bed-load and suspended load     & Lateral erosion, vertical erosion, and slope stability & 2D finite volume ( Roe and HLL), uncoupled       & Noncohesive levee, overtopping            \\
                            & 2D nonequilibrium sediment transport equation & 2D shallow water equations                  & Formula for bed-load                         & Lateral erosion,vertical erosion, and slope stability  & 2D finite volume (Roe's Riemann solver), coupled & Noncohesive overtopping                   \\
                            & 2D nonequilibrium sediment transport equation & 2D shallow water equations with wave-action & Soulsby formula                              & Bed avalanching                                        & 2D finite difference, uncoupled                  & Noncohesive dune and barrier, overtopping \\
                            & 1D/2D Nonequilibrium total-load tranport      & Generelized shallow water equations         & Wu etal. total-load capacity formula         & Lateral erosion and slope stability ( repose angle)    & 1D/2D finite volume (HLL) scheme, coupled        & Noncohesive dam and levee, overtopping    \\
                            & 2D nonequilirbium sediment transport          & Generalized shallow water equations         & Modified Meyer-Peter and Müller bed-load     & Slope stability (repose angle)                         & Finite volume (HLLC) scheme, coupled             & Landslide dam, overtopping                \\ \bottomrule
    \end{tabularx}%
    \end{sidewaystable}

\end{document}

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For starters, your flowchart has a lot of whitespace. If you wish to reduce the overall space, you should consider placing the blocks differently. Personally, I use a matrix of math nodes when creating flow charts but others use chains or the positioning of nodes with stuff like left of or below of. They all have pros and cons. Use what you are most comfortable with. Next for the other two questions :

question 2 : replace the part where you add the text to a line by a simple node. I used the following code to achieve what you wanted. Since the same settings are used for every line, only one path command is required; no need for scope either.

\path[line] (start)-- (measurement)
              (measurement) -| (reg status)
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              (line pass) --  (update beta_k) node[above,midway]{Yes}
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decision/.style={diamond,aspect=2, draw, fill=blue!20, text badly centered,  node distance=2.5cm, inner sep=0pt,align=center

should give you what you want.

To draw the chart by positioning the nodes, you must use the positioning library. You may place the initial node wherever you wish, then place the others relative to it. I just let tikz place it. In the following code I removed a lot of stuff from your code, just to see the structure better.

\documentclass[]{scrbook}

\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\selectlanguage{english}

\usepackage[]{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm}
\usepackage{mathtools}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows,matrix,decorations.pathreplacing,shapes.geometric,positioning}  

\begin{document} 

\tikzset{decision/.style={diamond, draw, fill=blue!20, text badly centered,  node distance=2.5cm, inner sep=0pt,align=center}}
\tikzset{block/.style={rectangle, draw, fill=blue!20, text centered, rounded corners, align=center}}
\tikzset{line/.style={draw, very thick, color=black!50, -latex'}}
\tikzset{start/.style={shape=circle,draw,minimum size=1.2cm,draw=blue!80,fill=blue!20,text centered, align=center}}
\tikzset{decision answer/.style={near start,color=black}}

\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2, auto, every node/.style={font=\footnotesize, >=stealth,node distance=1cm}]

\node [start] (start){start}; 

\node [block,text width=3cm,below= of start] (buff) {Buffer 1}; 

\node [block,text width=3cm,below=of buff] (measurement){Buffer 2}; 

\node [decision,below left=1cm and 2cm of measurement,anchor=north] (status){Regression status};

\node [block,right=of status] (goodness){Goodness of Fit};

\node [decision, right=of goodness] (test){Test};

\node [block,right=of test]    (update){Update};
\node [block,text width=3cm,below=of test] (false){Set};

\path [line] 
    (start)-- (buff) --(measurement)-| (status) --  (goodness) node[above, midway] {Yes} -- (test)
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    (test) --  (false) node[right,midway] {No}
    ;

\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

The output is

chart

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\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2, auto, every node/.style={font=\footnotesize, >=stealth,node distance=1cm,anchor=base,text width=5em}]

\node [start] (start){start}; 

\node [block,text width=3cm,below= of start] (buff) {Buffer 1}; 
\node [block,text width=3cm,below=of buff] (measurement){Buffer 2}; 

\node[below=2cm of measurement] (level three) {};

\node [block,left=1cm of level three] (goodness){Goodness of Fit};
\node [decision,left=of goodness,anchor=center] (status){Regression status};

\node [decision, right=of level three] (test){Test};

\node [block,right=of test]    (update){Update};
\node [block,text width=3cm,below=of test] (false){Set};

\path [line] 
    (start)-- (buff) --(measurement)-| (status) 
    (status.east) --  (goodness) node[above, very near end] {Yes} -- (test)
    (test) --  (update) node[above,very near end] {Yes}
    (test) --  (false) node[right,midway] {No}
    ;

\end{tikzpicture}

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You can use the adjustbox package with:

\begin{adjustbox}{width=\textwidth,totalheight=\textheight,keepaspectratio}
   % your table
\end{adjustbox}

You can also use the graphicx package with:

\setkeys{Gin}{keepaspectratio}
\resizebox*{\textwidth}{\textheight}{your table}

but adjustbox is more recommended. It doesn't read the whole table as an argument.

You can also add \rotatebox{90}{..} or the angle=90 option to the adjustbox environment to implement the rotation.

You might need to exchange \textwidth and \textheight because of the landscape mode. Also you should use an approximate font size first, e.g. try \tiny or \scriptsize and let the rest be done by scaling. You shouldn't scale the normal font size to a very small size. Many fonts are differently designed in different sizes, so using the closest possible size yields the best results.

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