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Re: [O] shrink latex table to fit beamer slide
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Zhihao Ding |
Subject: |
Re: [O] shrink latex table to fit beamer slide |
Date: |
Fri, 5 Dec 2014 14:39:11 +0000 |
Thanks a lot Andreas. Is there a way to globally
shrink/resize table for latex export without having
to define column width like this
“:align p{1cm} p{0.5cm} p{1cm}” ?
I am hopting to do something like width=\textwidth
and leave the rest to org for finding suitable font
sizes.
Zhihao
> On 5 Dec 2014, at 13:12, Andreas Leha <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi Zhihao,
>
>
>
> Zhihao Ding <address@hidden> writes:
>> Dear Org experts,
>>
>> I am trying to fit a slightly wide latex table into a beamer
>> slide in org. Below is my current solution and I was wondering
>> if anyone can offer some advice on improving it.
>>
>> #+begin_scriptsize
>> #+ATTR_LATEX: :align p{1cm} p{0.5cm} p{1cm}
>> | | | <7> |
>> | Site | Ind | -log10.pval |
>> | 123279713 | 1 | 6.006102 |
>> | 123279713 | 2 | 6.274326 |
>> | 123279713 | 4 | 6.210920 |
>> | 123279710 | 4 | 97.163695 |
>> | 123279710 | 5 | 208.841892 |
>> #+end_scriptsize
>>
>> In this solution, the issues are: (1) <N> for column width
>> doesn’t seem to round text for latex output, and (2) I need
>> to define column width in addition to <N>.
>> I’d like to seek a solution that just shrinks the table to fit
>> the text width without this fiddling.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Zhihao
>>
>
> first:
> you can set the font size in the #+ATTR_LATEX: line with
> #+ATTR_LATEX: :font \scriptsize
>
> second:
> If you want to get the numbers rounded, you can either
> (a) use babel or
> (b) use the spreadsheet capabilities.
> In both cases, you'll generate a new table which you want to export
>
> example:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> * orig table :noexport:
> #+name: origtable
> | | | <7> |
> | Site | Ind | -log10.pval |
> | 123279713 | 1 | 6.006102 |
> | 123279713 | 2 | 6.274326 |
> | 123279713 | 4 | 6.210920 |
> | 123279710 | 4 | 97.163695 |
> | 123279710 | 5 | 208.841892 |
>
>
> * the table formatted with babel
> This (untested!) used to work, but due to a bug [fn:1] does not.
>
> #+name: formatorigtable
> #+begin_src R :var origtable=origtable :colnames yes
> origtable[,3] <- format(origtable[,3], digits=3)
>
> origtable
> #+end_src
>
> #+ATTR_LATEX: :align p{1cm} p{0.5cm} p{1cm}
> #+results: formatorigtable
>
>
> * the table formatted with calc/orgmode
> This is quite complicated but works.
>
> | | | <7> |
> | Site | Ind | -log10.pval |
> |-----------+-----+---------|
> | 123279713 | 1 | 6.01 |
> | 123279713 | 2 | 6.27 |
> | 123279713 | 4 | 6.21 |
> | 123279710 | 4 | 97.16 |
> | 123279710 | 5 | 208.84 |
> #+TBLFM: $1=remote(origtable, @@#$1)::$2=remote(origtable,
> @@#$2)::$3=remote(origtable, @@#$3); f-2
>
> * Footnotes
>
> [fn:1] I am unable to locate the thread about this for some strange reason.
> The messages were sent between 2014-10-14 and 2014-10-16.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Best,
> Andreas
>
>