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I have this long table that I cannot make it fit in the page. I tried to turn the page in landscape and it helped a bit but the problem is still that I can't wrap the text when it is longer than the column width. Does anyone know how to fix it? here's the code

 \pagestyle{plain} \begin{landscape} \begin{table}[] \centering \caption{Additive manufacturing technologies.} \label{tab:am_processes} \begin{tabulary}{1\linewidth}{| L | L | L | L | L | L |} \hline Process & Build size & Tolerance & Materials & Layer thickness & Build rate\\ \hline FDM & 914x610x914mm \cite{fdm_spec} & \pm 0.0015 up to 0.241mm & ABS, PC, PA, PS, thermoplastics & 127-330 \mu m & 7.62-43.18mm/h \cite{sculpteo_speed}\cite{fdm_info} \\ SLA & 650x750x550 mm & 0.025-0.5mm & Thermoplastics (elastomers) & 50-125\mu m & 0.635-9.52m/s \cite{pham2012rapid}\\ Polyjet & 294x192x148.6mm \cite{polyjet_info} & \pm 0.1mm \cite{polyjet_info} & 0.015-0.030mm \cite{SLS_Polyjet} & Acrylic plastics and elastomers \cite{Fischer2014} & Fast \cite{Fischer2014}\\ LOM & 813x559x508mm & \pm 0.127mm & 0.076-0.254mm & Thermoplastics, paper, composites (ferrous/non-ferrous metals, ceramics) & - \\ SLS & 550x550x750 mm & \pm 0.3mm & polyamide based compounds (nylon) & 120-150 \mu m & 0.6 to 2.5 cm\textsuperscript{3}/h\\ EBM & 200x200x350mm &\pm 0.2mm & Metals (cobalt, nickel, titanium) & 50 \mu m & 45-66mm\textsuperscript{3}/s\\ LENS & 900x1500x900mm & \pm 0.125mm & metals (titanium, nickel-base superalloys, stainless steels and tool steels) & 120 \mu m & 5-60 mm\textsuperscript{3}/s\\ 3DP & 254x381x203mm & \pm 0.2mm & Ferrous/non-ferrous metals, elastomeric, composites, ceramics & 90-100 \mu m & 25-50 mm\textsuperscript{3}/h\\ Prometal & 1800x1000x700mm (sand) 750x400x400 (metal) & \pm 0.125 & Sand, glass, metal & 280-500 \mu m & 2000(metal) to 30000(sand) mm\textsuperscript{3}/s\\ \end{tabulary} \caption*{Data was obtained by \cite{Aliakbari2012} unless otherwise indicated} \end{table} \end{landscape}
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  • It seems that you're not generous enough in your use of white space. For example, 914x610x914mm would benefit from being rewritten to 914 $\times$ 610 $\times$ 914mm. This would allow for many more places to break. Also, you keep forgetting switching to math mode - \pm should be $\pm$, \mu should be $\mu$, etc. Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 10:32
  • please always post a complete document that shows the problem, in particular here you give no indication of the page size onto which you need to fit this table. Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 11:06
  • Actually, he does. He wants to fit the text into 1\linewidth. (The 1 is superflous.) Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 11:08
  • @roffe and \linewidth is?? the width of what, A4, US-letter, a5?, with what margins.... Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 13:16
  • Does it matter? The user obviously struggles with overfull hboxes, since he's worring about text wrapping. \linewidth is a dimension variable that, as I assume you know, is related to the width of the current line. So it's reasonable to assume that the user would like his table to span the full with of a normal page and that if he wouldn't, he'd say so. His use of \pagestyle{plain} indeed indicates that he wants as little fuss as possible. Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 13:40

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This works, tested with latex + dvipdf, and pdflatex. xelatex probably requires some tweaking.

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tabulary,rotating} \begin{document} \pagestyle{plain} \begin{sidewaystable}[] \centering \caption{Additive manufacturing technologies.} \label{tab:am_processes} \begin{tabulary}{\linewidth}{| L | L | L | L | L | L |} hline Process & Build size & Tolerance & Materials & Layer thickness & Build rate\\ \hline FDM & 914 $\times$ 610 $\times$ 914 mm \cite{fdm_spec} & $\pm$ 0.0015 up to 0.241 mm & ABS, PC, PA, PS, thermoplastics & 127-330 $\mu$ m & 7.62-43.18 mm/h \cite{sculpteo_speed}\cite{fdm_info} \\ SLA & 650 $\times$ 750 $\times$ 550 mm & 0.025-0.5 mm & Thermoplastics (elastomers) & 50-125$\mu$ m & 0.635-9.52m/s \cite{pham2012rapid}\\ Polyjet & 294 $\times$ 192 $\times$ 148.6 mm \cite{polyjet_info} & $\pm$ 0.1 mm \cite{polyjet_info} & 0.015-0.030 mm \cite{SLS_Polyjet} & Acrylic plastics and elastomers \cite{Fischer2014} & Fast \cite{Fischer2014}\\ LOM & 813 $\times$ 559 $\times$ 508 mm & $\pm$ 0.127 mm & 0.076-0.254 mm & Thermoplastics, paper, composites (ferrous/non-ferrous metals, ceramics) & - \\ SLS & 550 $\times$ 550 $\times$ 750 mm & $\pm$ 0.3 mm & polyamide based compounds (nylon) & 120-150 $\mu$ m & 0.6 to 2.5 cm\textsuperscript{3}/h\\ EBM & 200 $\times$ 200 $\times$ 350 mm &$\pm$ 0.2 mm & Metals (cobalt, nickel, titanium) & 50 $\mu$ m & 45-66 mm\textsuperscript{3}/s\\ LENS & 900 $\times$ 1500 $\times$ 900 mm & $\pm$ 0.125 mm & metals (titanium, nickel-base superalloys, stainless steels and tool steels) & 120 $\mu$ m & 5-60 mm\textsuperscript{3}/s\\ 3DP & 254 $\times$ 381 $\times$ 203 mm & $\pm$ 0.2 mm & Ferrous/non-ferrous metals, elastomeric, composites, ceramics & 90-100 $\mu$ m & 25-50 mm\textsuperscript{3}/h\\ Prometal & 1800 $\times$ 1000 $\times$ 700 mm (sand) 750 $\times$ 400 $\times$ 400 (metal) & $\pm$ 0.125 & Sand, glass, metal & 280-500 $\mu$ m & 2000(metal) to 30000(sand) mm\textsuperscript{3}/s\\ \end{tabulary} \caption*{Data was obtained by \cite{Aliakbari2012} unless otherwise indicated} \end{sidewaystable} \end{document}
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I would do it also with sidewaystable, but using tabularx, threeparttableandsiunitx. If the table has to break across pages, you can loadltablex, which brings the functionalities oflongtabletotabularx`:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, graphicx, array} \usepackage[showframe]{geometry} \usepackage{rotating, caption, threeparttable, tabularx, makecell, ragged2e} \usepackage{siunitx} \let\nl\newline \begin{document} \pagestyle{plain} \begin{sidewaystable} \centering \setlength\tabcolsep{3pt}\small \sisetup{range-phrase=--,range-units =single} \setcellgapes{3pt}\makegapedcells \begin{threeparttable} \caption{Additive manufacturing technologies.} \label{tab:am_processes} \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{| p{1.4cm}| l| l |>{\hsize=1.12\hsize\RaggedRight\arraybackslash} X| >{\hsize=1.12\hsize\RaggedRight\arraybackslash}X|>{\hsize=0.76\hsize\RaggedRight\arraybackslash}X |} \hline Process & \makecell{Build size (mm)} \\ \hline FDM & $ 914 × 610 × 914 $ \cite{fdm_spec} \\ to \SI{0.241}{mm}} & ABS, PC, PA, PS, thermoplastics & \SIrange{127}{330}{\um} & \SIrange{7.62}{43.18}{mm/h} \cite{sculpteo_speed}\cite{fdm_info} \\ SLA & $ 650 × 750 × 550 $ \\ Polyjet & $ 294 × 192 × 148.6 $ \cite{polyjet_info} \\ LOM & $ 813 × 559 × 508 $ \\ SLS & $ 550 × 550 × 750 $ \\ EBM & $ 200 × 200 × 350 $ \\ LENS & $ 900 × 1500 × 900 $ \\ 3DP & $ 254 × 381 × 203 $ \\ Prometal & \makecell[tl]{$ 1800 × 1000 × 700 $ \\ (sand)\\l $ 750 × 400 × 400 $\\ (metal)} & $±0.125$ & Sand, glass, metal & \SIrange{280}{500}{\um} & 2000 (metal) to 30000 (sand) \si{mm³/s}\\ \hline \end{tabularx} \medskip \begin{tablenotes}[flushleft]\footnotesize \item[]Data was obtained by \cite{Aliakbari2012} unless otherwise indicated. \end{tablenotes} \end{threeparttable} \end{sidewaystable} \end{document}

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