Center environment does not work for tables

Valentin · **Joined:** Sun, 25 Dec 2005 17:02:45 UTC **Posts:** 283

Hi

I have designed a table in latex, in tabular environment, but there is a problem with its placing. I have place the table in a \begin{center}\end{center}, but to my surprise that environment does not place the table in the center of my page and the table overflows from right although there exist plenty of space in the left.
How can I resolve this problem?

Thanks for your help.

Matt · **Joined:** Wed, 1 Oct 2003 04:45:43 UTC **Posts:** 9632

Can you provide a code sample which replicates the problem?

Valentin · **Joined:** Sun, 25 Dec 2005 17:02:45 UTC **Posts:** 283

Ok. here it is.

Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{supertabular}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{supertabular}{| c | c|}\hline
        \textbf{*} & \textbf{**}\\\hline
        A & B\\\cline{2-2}
C&D\\\cline{2-2}
&E, F\\\hline
\end{supertabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}

Matt · **Joined:** Wed, 1 Oct 2003 04:45:43 UTC **Posts:** 9632

The problem is that the table is too wide for the document. Try narrowing the margins. For example, you can put in the preamble:

Code:

\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

This decreases all margins (top, bottom, left, right) to 1 inch.

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