[OS X TeX] Using apa.cls and trying to fit table to page

[Axel E. Retif]

On Dec 19, 2006, at 00:04 , Mehmet Ergun wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Even though I'm not a Mac user, I wanted to send this message here,  
> as I
> find the posts here very helpful. Google thinks so as well :)
>
> I am using apa.cls (which was previously discussed at the list[1]) and
> I'm having trouble fitting a very big correlation matrix table (21  
> by 21
> variables) into one page (or several pages using longtable, which  
> seems
> not to work with apa.cls). So far, I tried everything and nothing
> worked. Being very new (~2 weeks) with tex, I probably didn't try
> everything ;)
>
> For now, I fit the table by writing it in a different .tex file using
> {landscape},

You can also use the package ``rotating'' (see documentation  
in ...doc/latex/rotating/examples{.tex,.dvi}).

> converting that to pdf, than to eps, and include it as a
> figure to the article.tex. But then, I have to label it as a {figure}
> (right?):

No, you can also label an EPS file as a table. (And if you use  
pdflatex you don't have to convert your PDF to EPS.)

Best,

Axel

> on the pdf, it shows as Figure 1, even though it clearly is a
> table... Furthermore, this probably isn't using the capabilities of
> latex as intended...
>
> Do you have any suggestions? I would appreciate any pointers,  
> especially
> those that would work peacefully with apa.cls.
>
> Although I subscribed to the list, please CC me on your replies.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Sincerely,
> Mehmet Ergun.
>
> [1] http://www.tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/2006-August/ 
> 023915.html
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