[Tex/LaTex] Text does not go to next page, text hidden

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When running the file below, there are a few problems:

The section "employment history" automatically starts on the 2nd page, instead of the 1st page.
The section "employment history" which starts on the 2nd page, does not jump to the 3rd page, instead the text written stays on the 2nd page and dissappears down.

How would I get the employment history section to start on the 1st page, and if I have written alot, it automatically continues to the 2nd page, and subsequentially 3rd, 4th, 5th page etc. ?

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{array, xcolor, lipsum, bibentry}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{scrbase,scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings} % pagestyle with page number
\lohead{My Name}



\definecolor{lightgray}{gray}{0.8}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\raggedleft}p{0.14\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{R}{p{0.8\textwidth}}
\newcommand\VRule{\color{lightgray}\vrule width 0.5pt}


\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{-2cm}
\begin{center}\Huge My Name \end{center}
\vspace{1em}
\begin{minipage}[ht]{0.70\textwidth}
Address\\
Address\\
Address\\
Address\\
Address
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[ht]{0.48\textwidth}
contact\\
contact\\
contact\\
contact
\end{minipage}
\vspace{2pt}

\enlargethispage{3\baselineskip}


\section*{Employment History}
\begin{tabular}{L!{\VRule}R}
03/2011--Present&{\bf Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.} Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.\\
&\begin{itemize}
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\end{itemize}\\
&In addition to my duties listed above, I have also: \\
&\begin{itemize}
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\end{itemize}\\
07/2005--08/2007&{\bf Job Name} Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.\\
&\begin{itemize}
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\end{itemize}\\
\end{tabular}



\end{document}

Best Answer

Using longtable instead of unbreakable tabular should solve the problem.

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{array, xcolor, lipsum, bibentry}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{scrbase,scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings} % pagestyle with page number

\usepackage{longtable} % PS
\lohead{My Name}



\definecolor{lightgray}{gray}{0.8}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\raggedleft}p{0.14\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{R}{p{0.8\textwidth}}
\newcommand\VRule{\color{lightgray}\vrule width 0.5pt}


\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{-2cm}
\begin{center}\Huge My Name \end{center}
\vspace{1em}
\begin{minipage}[ht]{0.70\textwidth}
Address\\
Address\\
Address\\
Address\\
Address
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[ht]{0.48\textwidth}
contact\\
contact\\
contact\\
contact
\end{minipage}
\vspace{2pt}

\enlargethispage{3\baselineskip}


\section*{Employment History}
%\begin{tabular}{L!{\VRule}R}
\begin{longtable}{L!{\VRule}R}
03/2011--Present&{\bf Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.} Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.Insert Text.\\
&\begin{itemize}
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\end{itemize}\\
&In addition to my duties listed above, I have also: \\
&\begin{itemize}
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\end{itemize}\\
07/2005--08/2007&{\bf Job Name} Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.\\
&\begin{itemize}
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\item Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.Job details.
\end{itemize}\\
%\end{tabular}
\end{longtable}



\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] \lstinputlisting will not continue to next page

The lstlisting environment (whether used directly or via \lstinputlisting) together with the float specifier does not break across pages. The float key boxes the entire listing into a single unit or block that allows it to float. It does not break the listing into separate floats the with move as a sequential unit. This is similar to the restriction imposed by the minipage environment. Even though the listings package documentation mentions breaking (and a host of breaking options), they all refer to line breaking, but not page breaking.

So, in order for the listing to break across pages, you could remove the float=<specifier> key-value. However, this does not accommodate an automatic (continued) caption for subsequent page-broken listings. This may not be that important (or as big-a-deal) if the listing spans only two pages, since a reader would easily be able to follow the broken listing. However, a listing spanning multiple pages might not be such a good idea.

Alternatively, if you want you could manually break the listing into (at least) two blocks so that neither block is larger than a single page. For this you can use a combination of the firstline and lastline option:

% First part of listing
\lstinputlisting[...,lastline=<x>]{<filename>}

% Second part of listing
\lstinputlisting[...,firstline=<x+1>,firstnumber=<x+1>]{<filename>}

where <x> is the last line of the first part of the lstlisting, and <x+1> the first line of the second part of the lstlisting. If you are using line numbers in your listing, you may need to specify the line number for the second part, as this may default to starting from 1. Hence, the addition of firstnumber=<x+1> as part of the lstlisting key-value sequence. You may also be required to modify the listing caption and specify that the listing continues from some previous one rather than having a number that does not match the former. If your listing has to be split across more than two pages, the same configuration as above holds, with the use of linerange=<first>-<last>,firstnumber=<first> for the middle listings.

There is no need to place the lstinputlisting environment in a float (like figure), since it the package provides it's own form of floating listing (via the key-value float=<specifier>).

Lastly, an alternative that should work but is not easy to accomplish, is to actually shorten your code so that the listing can fit on a single page.

On a side-note, wrapping the center environment around a floating environment (like figure) won't help you either and cause problems. In any case, the outer-most environment should be the float (table, or figure, or...), with the formatting environments contained within.

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From page 6 of the amsmath manual:

Certain equation environments wrap their contents in an unbreakable box, with the consequence that neither \displaybreak nor \allowdisplaybreaks will have any effect on them. These include split, aligned, gathered, and alignedat.

Put differently, use an align environment -- along with something like \allowdisplaybreaks.

Personally I always try to break up long sequences of equations with a few words or sentences.

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