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I'm new at LaTeX and I'm trying to Excel2Latex my table.

This is my latex document:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{multirow} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{tabularx} \begin{document} \begin{table}[htbp] \centering \caption{Add caption} \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lrrr} \hline Use Case \# & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Name} & & \\ \hline Goal in Contect & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Obiettivo} & & \\ \hline Preconditions & \multicolumn{1}{l}{ok} & & \\ \hline Success End Conditions & \multicolumn{1}{l}{ok} & & \\ \hline Failed End Conditions & \multicolumn{1}{l}{ok} & & \\ \hline Primary Actor & \multicolumn{1}{l}{ok} & & \\ \hline Trigger & \multicolumn{1}{l}{ok} & & \\ \hline Descriptions & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Step} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{User Acton} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{System} \\ \hline & \multicolumn{1}{l}{\#1} & \multicolumn{1}{p{25.355em}}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.\newline{}Mauris posuere nisl et risus viverra sagittis ut et est. Morbi nec nunc imperdiet, pulvinar quam sed, lobortis arcu. Nulla sagittis tortor ac eros tincidunt lacinia. Cras ut venenatis ante, eu condimentum arcu. Ut luctus rutrum fermentum. Mauris aliquam magna ex, vel.} & \\ \hline Extensions & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Step} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{User Action} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{System} \\ \hline & & & \\ \hline Subvariations & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Step} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{User Action} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{System} \\ \hline & & & \\ \hline Notes & & & \\ \hline \end{tabularx}% \label{tab:addlabel}% \end{table}% \end{document}

but unfortunately this goes out of the right margin of the page, as you can see here

  • How can I fix?
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  • if you use tabularx at least one column type should be of X type (or its derivative)
  • \multicolumn{1}{p{25.355em}{ ... long text ...} is to wide. Remove this command and use for this column X column type
  • Remove all \mullticolumn{1}{l}{...}. They are just a clutter. Rather set column types accordingly (from r to l)
  • I would remove the most of horizontal lines
  • for main ones I would use rules defined in the booktabs package
\documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage{ragged2e} \usepackage{booktabs, makecell, tabularx} \newcolumntype{L}{>{\RaggedRight\hspace{0pt}}X} %---------------- show page layout. don't use in a real document! \usepackage{showframe} \renewcommand\ShowFrameLinethickness{0.15pt} \renewcommand*\ShowFrameColor{\color{red}} %---------------------------------------------------------------% \begin{document} \begin{table}[htbp] \caption{Add caption} \label{tab:addlabel} \setcellgapes{2pt} \makegapedcells \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{} l l L r @{}} \toprule Use Case \# & Name & & \\ \midrule Goal in Contect & Obiettivo & & \\ % \hline Preconditions & ok & & \\ % \hline Success End Conditions & ok & & \\ % \hline Failed End Conditions & ok & & \\ % \hline Primary Actor & ok & & \\ % \hline Trigger & ok & & \\ \hline Descriptions & Step & User Action & System \\ % \hline & \#1 & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris posuere nisl et risus viverra sagittis ut et est. Morbi nec nunc imperdiet, pulvinar quam sed, lobortis arcu. Nulla sagittis tortor ac eros tincidunt lacinia. Cras ut venenatis ante, eu condimentum arcu. Ut luctus rutrum fermentum. Mauris aliquam magna ex, vel. & \\ \hline Extensions & Step & User Action & System \\ % \hline & & & \\ \hline Subvariations & Step & User Action & System \\ & & & \\ \hline Notes & & & \\ \bottomrule \end{tabularx}% \end{table}% \end{document}

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(red lines indicate text borders)

Addendum: Considering @Barbara Beeton comment, above MWE can be redesign as follows:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage{ragged2e} \usepackage{booktabs, makecell, multirow, tabularx} \newcolumntype{L}{>{\RaggedRight\hspace{0pt}}X} \newlength{\pwidth} \begin{document} \begin{table}[htbp] \caption{Add caption} \label{tab:addlabel} \settowidth{\pwidth}{Preconditions} \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{} >{\raggedright}m{\pwidth} % <--- changed l L r @{}} \toprule Use Case \# & Name & & \\ \midrule Goal in Contect & Obiettivo & & \\ \addlinespace % <--- added, instead of \hline Preconditions & ok & & \\ \addlinespace Success End Conditions & ok & & \\ \addlinespace Failed End Conditions & ok & & \\ \addlinespace Primary Actor & ok & & \\ \addlinespace Trigger & ok & & \\ \midrule Descriptions & Step & User Action & System \\ \addlinespace & \#1 & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris posuere nisl et risus viverra sagittis ut et est. Morbi nec nunc imperdiet, pulvinar quam sed, lobortis arcu. Nulla sagittis tortor ac eros tincidunt lacinia. Cras ut venenatis ante, eu condimentum arcu. Ut luctus rutrum fermentum. Mauris aliquam magna ex, vel. & \\ \midrule Extensions & Step & User Action & System \\ \addlinespace & & & \\ \midrule Subvariations & Step & User Action & System \\ & & & \\ \midrule Notes & & & \\ \bottomrule \end{tabularx} \end{table} \end{document}

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  • +1 for getting rid of all \hline directives. Commented Mar 18, 2020 at 15:15
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    @Mico, Thank you! Commented Mar 18, 2020 at 15:16
  • I'd go a little further and make the leftmost column a paragraph, ragged right, with just enough width to accommodate the longest initial word ("Preconditions" or "Subvariations"). Leave the text-heavy column as the variable one; narrowing another column will allow that one to need fewer lines. Commented Mar 18, 2020 at 17:31
  • @barbarabeeton, thank you very much for suggestion. I consider it in addendum to original answer. Commented Mar 18, 2020 at 17:51

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