[OS X TeX] How to fit a table into the letter size paper

[Luis Sequeira]

>
> On Dec 29, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Kuo-Hsien Chang wrote:
>
>> \begin{tabular}{lllllllllll}
>> \hline
>> Soil depth(cm) & Sand(\%) & Silt(\%) & Clay(\%) & BD(gcm-3) & FC
>> (cm3cm-3) & K(cms-1) & WP(cm3cm-3) & pH & Root(\%) & OM(\%)
>> \tabularnewline
>> 0−2 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 2−5 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 5−10 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 10−20 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 20−30 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 30−45 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 45−60 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 60−75 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 75−90 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 90−105 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> 105−120+ & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
>> \hline
>> \end{tabular}----------- Please Consult the Following Before
>> Posting -----------
>
>
> Best I could come up with:
>
> \hspace{-35mm}\footnotesize{%
> \begin{tabular}{lllllllllll}
> \hline
> Soil depth(cm) & Sand(\%) & Silt(\%) & Clay(\%) & BD(gcm-3) & FC
> (cm3cm-3) & K(cms-1) & WP(cm3cm-3) & pH & Root(\%) & OM(\%)
> \tabularnewline
> 0−2 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 2−5 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 5−10 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 10−20 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 20−30 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 30−45 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 45−60 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 60−75 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 75−90 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 90−105 & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> 105−120+ & & & & & & & & & & \tabularnewline
> \hline
> \end{tabular}
> }
>
> Regards
> --schremmer

Here is yet another possibility, which seems to be more flexible:  
scale the tabular environment to make it fit.
You could do something like:

\scalebox{0.75}{%
\begin{tabular}{...}
....
\end{tabular}
}


I tried and it seems to work. You may always chose another scaling  
factor, of course (this is why I think this solution is more  
flexible...)


Luis Sequeira