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I have a two-column document in Lyx with a table. First obstacle I had is that table respected the two-column rule, so it tried to fit it in one column only and ended up overflowing. I tried to fix this by using "span columns" option which was recommended, but after doing so, the table just disappeared.

In the end I solved this by adding \usepackage{cuted} to the preamble and placing the table inside \begin{strip} \end{strip} commands. My problem now is that table caption still respects two-column rule, so it wraps after it reaches end of one column.

Is there any way I can force it to wrap after it reaches end of the table?

Here is a MWE generated by Lyx:

\documentclass[twocolumn,english]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[latin9]{inputenc} \usepackage{babel} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{float} \usepackage[numbers]{natbib} \usepackage[unicode=true,pdfusetitle, bookmarks=true,bookmarksnumbered=false,bookmarksopen=false, breaklinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 1},backref=false,colorlinks=false] {hyperref} \makeatletter \providecommand{\tabularnewline}{\\} \@ifundefined{date}{}{\date{}} \usepackage{cuted} \usepackage{subfig} \usepackage{caption} \captionsetup{format=plain, font=small, labelfont=bf} \makeatother \begin{document} \title{} \author{} \maketitle \begin{abstract} \end{abstract} \section{Introduction} \section{Related work} \section{Research approach} Sample text... \begin{strip} \begin{table}[H] \centering{}% \begin{tabular}{|l|>{\raggedright}p{7cm}|l|} \hline \textbf{Step \#} & \textbf{Process Activitiy} & \textbf{Output}\tabularnewline \hline \hline 1 & Define research question, identify relevant forums & Defined the scope of the study\tabularnewline \hline 2 & Conduct search for primary studies in the topic & The paper pool of the study (all papers)\tabularnewline \hline 3 & Screening and identifying primary papers & The pool of primary papers\tabularnewline \hline 4 & Keywording using abstracts & Classification of the papers\tabularnewline \hline 5 & Data extraction and mapping process & Systematic map, statistical data\tabularnewline \hline 6 & Documentation of the systematic map, analysis of results & Systematic mapping study\tabularnewline \hline \end{tabular}\caption{Systematic mapping study steps, as defined by Petersen et al. \citep{petersen2008systematic} taken from Savchenko et al. \citep{savchenko2019}} \end{table} \end{strip} \section{Results and observations} \section{Discussion and implications} \section{Conclusions} \bibliographystyle{unsrt} \nocite{*} \bibliography{\string"Sources\string"} \end{document}

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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! Please help us help you and add a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem. Reproducing the problem and finding out what the issue is will be much easier when we see compilable code, starting with \documentclass{...} and ending with \end{document}. Commented Mar 5, 2020 at 16:29
  • I added MWE generated by Lyx, hope it helps. Commented Mar 5, 2020 at 16:41

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In general the table* environment is used to put a table at the top of a two-column page, with the table and caption covering both columns. Do not use the [H] specification with this. Here is a revised version of your MWE (I couldn't be bothered to eliminate all the code that had nothing to do with your problem).

% twocolprob2.tex SE 531311 \documentclass[twocolumn,english]{article} \usepackage{lipsum} % PW added \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[latin9]{inputenc} \usepackage{babel} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{float} \usepackage[numbers]{natbib} \usepackage[unicode=true,pdfusetitle, bookmarks=true,bookmarksnumbered=false,bookmarksopen=false, breaklinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 1},backref=false,colorlinks=false] {hyperref} \makeatletter \providecommand{\tabularnewline}{\\} \@ifundefined{date}{}{\date{}} \usepackage{cuted} \usepackage{subfig} \usepackage{caption} \captionsetup{format=plain, font=small, labelfont=bf} \makeatother \begin{document} \title{} \author{} \maketitle \begin{abstract} \end{abstract} \section{Introduction} \section{Related work} \section{Research approach} Sample text... % \begin{strip} PW change %\begin{table}[H] % PW changed \begin{table*}[H] % PW added \centering{}% \begin{tabular}{|l|>{\raggedright}p{7cm}|l|} \hline \textbf{Step \#} & \textbf{Process Activitiy} & \textbf{Output}\tabularnewline \hline \hline 1 & Define research question, identify relevant forums & Defined the scope of the study\tabularnewline \hline 2 & Conduct search for primary studies in the topic & The paper pool of the study (all papers)\tabularnewline \hline 3 & Screening and identifying primary papers & The pool of primary papers\tabularnewline \hline 4 & Keywording using abstracts & Classification of the papers\tabularnewline \hline 5 & Data extraction and mapping process & Systematic map, statistical data\tabularnewline \hline 6 & Documentation of the systematic map, analysis of results & Systematic mapping study\tabularnewline \hline \end{tabular}\caption{Systematic mapping study steps, as defined by Petersen et al. \citep{petersen2008systematic} taken from Savchenko et al. \citep{savchenko2019}} % \end{table} % PW changed \end{table*} % PW added % \end{strip} % PW change \lipsum \section{Results and observations} \section{Discussion and implications} \section{Conclusions} \bibliographystyle{unsrt} \nocite{*} \bibliography{\string"Sources\string"} \end{document}
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