[Tex/LaTex] How to fit this table to the frame in Beamer

beamertables

\documentclass{Beamer}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l l}
\toprule
Band &   &  \\
\hline
Total stop band & No propagation possible & All of the incident field is reflected back  \\ % inserting body of the table
Partial stop band & Propagation possible for some directions & Some/all energy converted to Bloch waves  \\
Pass band & Propagation possible in all directions & Some/all energy converted to Bloch waves \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{Table caption}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Best Answer

You have two possibilities (as stated John Kormylo in his comment):

reduce font size to tiny
reduce font size to small and instead tabular use for example tabularx which broke lines and reduce \tobcolsep to 3pt.

MWE:

\documentclass{Beamer}
\usepackage{booktabs,tabularx}
    \newcolumntype{L}{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}X}

        \begin{document}
\begin{frame}
    \begin{table}\tiny
\begin{tabular}{@{}l l l@{}}
    \toprule
Band &   &  \\
    \midrule
Total stop band
    & No propagation possible
        & All of the incident field is reflected back   \\
Partial stop band
    & Propagation possible for some directions
        & Some/all energy converted to Bloch waves      \\
Pass band
    & Propagation possible in all directions
        & Some/all energy converted to Bloch waves      \\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{Table caption: case 1}
\end{table}

\begin{table}
    \small
    \setlength{\tabcolsep}{3pt}
\begin{tabularx}{\hsize}{@{}l LL@{}}
    \toprule
Band &   &  \\
    \midrule
Total stop band 
    & No propagation possible 
        & All of the incident field is reflected back   \\
Partial stop band 
    & Propagation possible for some directions 
        & Some/all energy converted to Bloch waves      \\
Pass band 
    & Propagation possible in all directions 
        & Some/all energy converted to Bloch waves      \\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\caption{Table caption: case 2}
    \end{table}
\end{frame}
        \end{document}

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\let\oldtabular\tabular
\let\oldendtabular\endtabular
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One way is to shift up the skip prior to the mid-height \tabucline with a \\[-1pt]. See below for 2nd approach.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5} 
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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Alternately, if you want the thin line to bisect the thick line, then the approach: \\[-1pt] \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]\hline works.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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