From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: exported table has text overflowing off the pdf page Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:13:37 +0100 Message-ID: <874map25mm.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: Reply-To: Eric S Fraga Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57789) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1augYU-0006R3-ML for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:28:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1augYR-0005ll-Et for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:28:02 -0400 Received: from mail-am1on0134.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.56.112.134]:26144 helo=emea01-am1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1augYR-0005e1-6T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:27:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Sharon Kimble's message of "Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:18:09 +0000") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Sharon Kimble Cc: org-mode-email On Monday, 25 Apr 2016 at 12:18, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I'm running into problems exporting tables into latex with a 2-column > 3-row table with a large amount of text to go into the cells, but when > its exported the text is taking over and overflowing off the pdf page. > > How can I have the text stay within the table boundaries please, with > the second column having fixed boundaries when its exported please? This is really a LaTeX question. You probably want to use the p{Xcm} designation for the specific column. Replace X with the width of the column you want. E.g. :align lrp{5cm} -- : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.92.1, Org release_8.3.4-739-g789412