[Tex/LaTex] XeLaTeX: xtabular package fails to work

Question

I am trying to make my resume neat and tidy. So, going for LaTeX/XeLaTex. Resume Here

The problem is, even though I use the xtab package to put my long tables across multiple pages, for some reason, the tables get broken even before reaching the bottom margin!

I also tried to decrease the bottom margin by using the anysize package and \margin{1cm}{1cm}{0cm}{-10cm}. But no use.

Any way out of this problem?

Answer 1

The xtab package tries to eliminate bad page breaks as much as possible, but if you encounter them it has two parameters that can be modified to affect the breaks:

From the documentation p. 6:

The command \shrinkheight{⟨length⟩} may be used after the first \\ in the table to modify the allowed height of the table on that page. A positive ⟨length⟩ decreases the allowed space on the page and a negative ⟨length⟩ increases the allowed space. For example: \shrinkheight{2\baselineskip} decreases the space per page by two lines. \shrinkheight{-\baselineskip} increases the space per page by one line. Note that I have never tried using this command so I cannot comment on its efficacy. Instead, I use the \xentrystretch command when necessary.

The command \xentrystretch{⟨decimal-fraction⟩} can be used before a table to modify the amount of vertical space apparently consumed by each entry in the subsequent table(s). The default is \xentrystretch{0.1} which specifies a 10% overestimate in the vertical space. Similarly, \xentrystretch{0.25} will overestimate the space by 25%.