[Tex/LaTex] Table caption very skinny

captionstables

I have a table like this:

\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c}
Data set & Image size & Hole size (pix) & Total time\\
\hline
Mailbox & 459 $\times$ 489 & 30171 & 1m5s \\
Electric boxes & 688 $\times$ 478 & 45434 & 2m19s\\
Trashcan & 572 $\times$ 517 & 42734 & 1m59s\\
Air conditioners & 400 $\times$ 496 & 13709 & 23s
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{A summary of the data sets shown throughout this paper.}
\label{tab:Timing}
\end{table}

Table image

The problem is that the caption is only about 1 word wide (and centered), so it takes up about 10 lines. Why would this caption not behave like a normal figure caption and simply occur page-width?

Here is a minimal working example (you need this style: daviddoria.com/Uploads/acmtog.cls):

\documentclass{acmtog}
\pdfminorversion=5
\begin{document}

\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c}
Data set & Image size & Hole size (pix) & Total time\\
\hline
Mailbox & 459 $\times$ 489 & 30171 & 1m5s \\
Electric boxes & 688 $\times$ 478 & 45434 & 2m19s\\
Trashcan & 572 $\times$ 517 & 42734 & 1m59s\\
Air conditioners & 400 $\times$ 496 & 13709 & 23s
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{A summary of the data sets shown throughout this paper.}
\label{tab:Timing}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Best Answer

In ACM document classes, I think you create tables via the \tbl macro.

\begin{table}
\tbl{caption}{%                                          
\begin{tabular}
...
\end{tabular}}
\end{table}

See section 4.2 of the documentation for acmsmall for example.

Change the table to:

\begin{table}
\tbl{A summary of the data sets shown throughout this paper.}{
\begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c}
Data set & Image size & Hole size (pix) & Total time\\
\hline
Mailbox & 459 $\times$ 489 & 30171 & 1m5s \\
Electric boxes & 688 $\times$ 478 & 45434 & 2m19s\\
Trashcan & 572 $\times$ 517 & 42734 & 1m59s\\
Air conditioners & 400 $\times$ 496 & 13709 & 23s
\end{tabular}}
\label{tab:Timing}
\end{table}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] The space between the table and its caption is very small

You could try

\usepackage{caption} 
\captionsetup[table]{skip=10pt}

in your preamble. On another note, have a look at Why should a table caption be placed above the table?

[Tex/LaTex] Caption under table

Something like this. Here caption package is used. You can adjust skip=xx to suit your need.

To have text aligned to the left, use \makecell[l,r,b]{content} for left, right or bottom alignment.

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Update:

Code

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=0.5cm,papersize={15cm,15cm}]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amsthm}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}   
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}     
\usepackage{makecell,interfaces-makecell}
\usepackage[font=small,skip=0pt]{caption}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\centering
    \begin{tabular}{| c || c | c | c | c | c | c |}
    \hline
    \thead{\makecell{Ønskede\\ egenskaber}} & \thead{Holdbarhed} & \thead{Pris} & \thead{\makecell[l]{Billigt\\ og nemt}} & \thead{Miljøvenligt} & \thead{Udseende} &  \\ 
    \hline \hline
    \textbf{\makecell[l]{Vægtning\\ (V) 1 - 5 \\ \fontsize{0}{.}}} & 4 & 3 & 5 & 3 & 2 & \textbf{\makecell{Sum\\ (P$\cdot$V)}} \\ 
    \hline
    \textbf{\makecell[l]{Energibar\\ (P) 1 - 5\\ \\ P$\cdot$V \\ \fontsize{0}{.}}} & \makecell{3 \\ \\ \textbf{12}} & \makecell{4\\ \\ \textbf{12}} & \makecell{2\\ \\ \textbf{10}} & \makecell{3\\ \\ \textbf{9}} & \makecell{4\\ \\ \textbf{8}} & \makecell{\\ \\ \textbf{51}} \\ 
    \hline
    \textbf{\makecell[l]{Fitnessapparat\\ med display\\ (P) 1 - 5\\ \\ P$\cdot$V \\ \fontsize{0}{.}}} & \makecell{\\ 5\\ \\ \textbf{20}} & \makecell{\\ 4 \\ \\ \textbf{12}} & \makecell{\\ 5 \\ \\ \textbf{25}} & \makecell{\\ 4\\ \\ \textbf{12}} & \makecell{\\ 2\\ \\ \textbf{4}} & \makecell{\\ \\ \\ \textbf{73}} \\
    \hline
    \textbf{\makecell[l]{Vindmølle\\ med solceller\\ (P) 1 - 5\\ \\ P$\cdot$V \\ \fontsize{0}{.}}} & \makecell{\\ 3\\ \\ \textbf{12}} & \makecell{\\ 1\\ \\ \textbf{3}} & \makecell{\\ 2\\ \\ \textbf{10}} & \makecell{\\ 5\\ \\ \textbf{15}} & \makecell{\\ 3\\ \\ \textbf{9}} & \makecell{\\ \\ \\ \textbf{49}} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Tabel 1}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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