I'm setting up a big table (few hundred pages) with similar data as presented. I've used longtable in the past with good success, no problem. However, when I try to do the same again, I get the following errors:
- The heading (+ the line at the bottom of the page) of the table does not span the total table width.
- Alignment of column changes at different places within the table.
I have tried to find the solution but without any problem. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Using Kile 2.1.0 (KDE 4.8.2) on ubuntu 11.10.
The following is the code used for the table:
\documentclass[ twoside,openright,titlepage,fleqn,numbers=noenddot,headinclude,%1headlines,% letterpaper a4paper
11pt,a4paper,BCOR5mm,footinclude=true,cleardoublepage=empty,abstractoff % <--- obsolete, remove (todo)
]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{longtable}
\begin{landscape}
\begin{small}
\begin{longtable}{cccccccccccccccc}
\caption[HTML Test Table]{Table shows the problem that I am facing with the correct alignment of all columns. I do not know hat is going on and I have been working on this for quite a while now, but with no success...}\label{c0B:tab:6kvis_full}\\
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{c}{HTM Name}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Northing}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Easting}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val1}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val1.1}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val4.8}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val5.6}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val9.8}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{A}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{B}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{C}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{D}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{E}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{F}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Num1}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Num2}\\
\cline{4 - 8}
%NextLine
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{(Northing)}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{(Easting)}&
\multicolumn{5}{c}{(NanoSec)}&
\multicolumn{0}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{0}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{0}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{0}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{0}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{0}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{0}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{0}{c}{}\\*
\hline
\endfirsthead
\multicolumn{16}{c}{Continued Table}\\
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{c}{HTM Name}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Northing}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Easting}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val1}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val1.1}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val4.8}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val5.6}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Val9.8}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{A}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{B}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{C}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{D}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{E}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{F}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Num1}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Num2}\\
\cline{4 - 8}
%NextLine
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{(Northing)}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{(Easting)}&
\multicolumn{5}{c}{(NanoSec)}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}&
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}\\*
\hline
\endhead
\hline
\multicolumn{16}{c}{Continued on next page \dots}
\endfoot
\hline
\endlastfoot
%Data starts here
HTM20 M000012233919&00:00:12.78&-23:39:19.96&98&63&63&&104&-0.29&-0.22&-0.02&0.00&0.31&0.53&0.94&0.99\\
HTM20 M000020-322101&00:00:20.38&-32:21:01.23&118&315&515&521&322&-0.01&-0.28&-0.56&-0.84&-1.03&-1.17&0.97&1.06\\
HTM20 M000105-155107&00:01:05.42&-15:51:07.20&297&295&257&348&-&-0.24&-0.21&-0.06&0.23&0.10&0.01&0.93&0.97\\
HTM20 M000106-174126&00:01:06.31&-17:41:26.21&73&-&-&447&-&-&-&-0.69&-&-&-&0.85&1.14\\
HTM20 M000118-074626&00:01:18.04&-07:46:26.86&177&-&-&208&-&-&-&-0.06&-&-&-&0.91&0.99\\
HTM20 M000124-043759&00:01:24.50&-04:37:59.61&50&-&-&632&-&-&-&-0.96&-&-&-&0.42&0.56\\
HTM20 M000713-402337&00:07:13.41&-40:23:37.43&69&89&97&-&98&-0.01&-0.04&-0.11&-0.15&-0.24&-0.30&0.9&1.02\\
HTM20 M000720-611306&00:07:20.56&-61:13:06.73&150&138&134&-&86&0.26&0.20&0.18&0.05&0.08&0.10&0.97&0.98**\\
HTM20 M000800-233918&00:08:00.42&-23:39:18.04&154&-&-&374&-&-&-&-0.34&-&-&-&0.94&0.97\\
HTM20 M000801-524339&00:08:01.71&-52:43:39.90&124&127&101&-&256&-0.53&-0.30&-0.23&0.39&0.14&-0.03&0.98&1.05\\
HTM20 M000821-394522&00:08:21.18&-39:45:22.9&146&169&188&150&134&0.18&0.07&-0.01&-0.18&-0.18&-0.17&--&--\\
HTM20 M000826-255911&00:08:26.27&-25:59:11.29&120&259&360&468&-&-0.21&-0.33&-0.52&-0.56&-0.77&-0.92&0.92&0.95\\
HTM20 M000828-132930&00:08:28.02&-13:29:30.32&161&-&-&192&-&-&-&-0.07&-&-&-&0.96&--\\
HTM20 M000829-055845&00:08:29.33&-05:58:45.27&66&-&-&1322&-&-&-&-1.14&-&-&-&0.66&0.68\\
HTM20 M000831-141959&00:08:31.08&-14:19:59.93&53&-&-&604&-&-&-&-0.92&-&-&-&0.79&--\\
HTM20 M000837-461940&00:08:37.53&-46:19:40.85&75&98&95&-&114&-0.10&-0.06&-0.13&0.05&-0.17&-0.32&1.0&1.0\\
HTM20 M002122-513011&00:21:22.06&-51:30:11.9&49&59&56&-&45&0.12&0.12&0.03&0.21&-0.21&-0.22&1.11&--\\
HTM20 M002127-161028&00:21:27.55&-16:10:28.82&69&92&61&55&-&0.08&0.28&0.21&0.70&0.21&-0.34&0.95&1.01\\
HTM20 M002135-321637&00:21:35.67&-32:16:37.39&221&275&313&388&559&-0.17&-0.19&-0.21&-0.22&-0.24&-0.26&0.79&--\\
\` before the final
\hline
\end{longtable}
\end{small}
\end{landscape}
Best Answer
The posted code does not compile for a number of reasons, including: (1) no
\begin{document}and (2) several paragraph breaks in the middle of the table.Correcting these, yields a table that is
196ptstoo wide for the page. Replacing the font by\tinyrather than\small(NB there is no enviornmentsmall) helps a little. Rather than specifying all columns as centered it is better to choose the formatting according to the material in each column. Most of the columns with decimals would be best with the decimals aligned, thedcolumnpackage helps with that.Putting this together we get:
After the first run of latex we get the following alignment problem:
and the log file contains
A second run yields the desired result: