[Tex/LaTex] \scalebox not working

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I can't figure out why scalebox isn't working. Here's the working example (uncomment the \scalebox line and the file doesn't compile. (I had trouble formatting the long lines).

\documentclass[11pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{Xllll}
%\scalebox{.50}
\hline
Type of Violation & 1st & 2nd & 3rd & 4th \\
\hline
\begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}
Presence without \\
justification, during\\ work hours\\
in an unauthorized\\place\end{tabular} & 10\% & 25\% & 50\% & 1 day \\    
\hline
Receiving non-work    & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Written\\     Warning\end{tabular} & 10\%   & 15\%    & 25\%      \\
\hline
Personal use      & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Written\\ 
Warning\end{tabular} & 10\%   & 25\%    & 50\%      \\
\hline
Interference   & 50\%      & 1 day  & 2 days   & 3 days    \\
\hline
Entry/Exit    & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Written\\ 
Warning\end{tabular} & 10\%   & 15\%    & 25\%      \\

\end{tabularx}



\end{document}

**This question is about scaling/reducing an entire table in size. The answer at Indentation after '\tabular' environments deals with INDENTING a table. This is NOT my issue.

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You can scale a whole table, by using \scalebox{0.5}{<table>}, not with \scalebox{0.5} in the middle of it. However, this wouldn't do anything nice, because the table would be scaled to half the linewidth.

This seems a job for tabulary, with a patch that David will appreciate.

\documentclass[11pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tabulary,array}
\usepackage{xpatch}

\newcommand{\writtenwarning}{%
  \begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}
  Written \\ Warning
  \end{tabular}%
}

\makeatletter
\xpatchcmd{\TY@box@v}{\vtop}{$\m@th\vcenter}{}{}
\xapptocmd{\TY@box@v}{$}{}{}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\noindent
\begin{tabulary}{\textwidth}{>{\strut}Lllll}
\hline
Type of Violation & 1st & 2nd & 3rd & 4th \\
\hline
Presence without justification, during work hours
in an unauthorized place & 10\% & 25\% & 50\% & 1 day \\    
\hline
Receiving non-work & \writtenwarning & 10\% & 15\% & 25\% \\
\hline
Personal use & \writtenwarning & 10\%   & 25\%    & 50\% \\
\hline
Interference & 50\% & 1 day  & 2 days   & 3 days \\
\hline
Entry/Exit    & \writtenwarning & 10\%   & 15\%    & 25\% \\
\hline
\end{tabulary}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] tabular – \cline not working

Your table, after suitable completion, will compile with some warnings about over/under full boxes which I solved with the following modifications:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[textwidth=17cm]{geometry}% just for the example
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

\noindent\begin{tabular}{ | p{2cm} | p{4cm} | p{4cm} | p{4cm} | }
\hline
Název & \multicolumn{3}{ l|}{vypsatZapojeniResiteluDoProjektu}\\
\hline
Popis & \multicolumn{3}{ l|}{Vedouci pracovnik}  \vline \\
\hline
Priorita & 1 = vysoka & \textbf{Frekvence} & nekolikrat denne \\
\hline
\parbox[t]{2cm}{Vstupni\\ podminky} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sdgsdgsg.}\\
\hline
\parbox[t]{2cm}{Vystupni\\ podminky} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sdgsdgsga.}\\
\hline
Uzivatele & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sdgsdgsdg.}\\
\hline
\multirow{3}{2cm}{Zakladni\\ posloupnost} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sgdsgsdg.}\\
\cline{2-4}
& \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sdgsdgg.}\\
\cline{2-4}
& \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sgsdggdsg.} \vline \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

And here's the result:

enter image description here

I would like to suggest you, however, some changes to your table, using the features provided by the booktabs package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[textwidth=16cm]{geometry}% just for the example
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\noindent\begin{tabular}{@{}p{2cm}p{4cm}@{}p{4cm}@{}p{4cm}@{}}
\toprule
Název & \multicolumn{3}{ l }{vypsatZapojeniResiteluDoProjektu} \\
\midrule
Popis & \multicolumn{3}{ l }{Vedouci pracovnik}  \\
\midrule
Priorita & 1 = vysoka & \textbf{Frekvence} & nekolikrat denne \\
\midrule
\parbox[t]{2cm}{Vstupni\\ podminky} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sdgsdgsg.} \\
\midrule
\parbox[t]{2cm}{Vystupni\\  podminky} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sdgsdgsga.} \\
\midrule
Uzivatele & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sdgsdgsdg.} \\
\midrule
\multirow{4}{2cm}{Zakladni\\ posloupnost} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sgdsgsdg.} \\
\cmidrule{2-4}
& \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sdgsdgg.} \\
\cmidrule{2-4}
& \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sgsdggdsg.} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

Now the table has the following aspect:

enter image description here

As you can see, the spacing between the horizontal lines and the cell contents has improved; also, the absence of vertical rules improves the readability (vertical rules are superfluous). Depending on the actual content of the cells, it would even be possible to remove more lines; refer to the package documentation to see additional features provided by booktabs.

[Tex/LaTex] \setlength not working

\intextsep deals with the gap between a float within the text body and the rest of the text around it (see Remove space after figure and before text). Since you're using only a tabular, there is no floating behaviour, hence the non-response from setting \intextsep.

If you wish to add some space above/below the non-floating tabular, do so using

\vspace{\baselineskip}
\begin{tabular}{...}
  ...
\end{tabular}
\vspace{\baselineskip}

where you adjust \baselineskip to suit your needs. You may even consider creating a new length (say) \tabularsep which you set in your preamble to a suitable length.

Of course, you could also wrap the tabular inside a table (which is a float) with an [H] specifier (provided by the float package) so that it could be treated like a regular tabular. That way an adjustment to \intextsep should work as expected.

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