Troubleshooting Latex Table Errors: Tips from a Thesis Writer

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In summary: Hope this helps,- m. In summary, the conversation is about a problem with creating a table in a thesis and a potential solution to the issue. The table in question is a Moody's and S\&P rating system with numerals and the problem seems to be with the alignment and width of the columns. The suggested solution is to change the column specifications in the latex code to achieve the desired result.
  • #1
haseebmahmud
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Hi guys,
I need some help from you.

I was writing my thesis and I am having a problem in making a table.

I wrote the following,

Code: 
\begin{table}[ht]
\caption{Moody's and S\&P rating system with numerals}   
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l l}
\hline\hline
Moody's Rating & Definitions\\
%heading
\hline
Aaa & Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal credit risk. \\ 
\hline
Aa & Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.\\ 
\hline
A &   Obligations rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.\\
\hline
Baa & Obligations rated Baa are subject to moderate credit risk. They are considered medium-grade and as such may possesses certain speculative characteristics. \\
\hline
Ba & Obligations rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements and are subject to substantial credit risk. \\
\hline
B & Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.\\
\hline
Caa & Obligations rated Caa are judged to be of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.\\
\hline
Ca & Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest.\\
\hline
C & Obligations rated C are the lowest rated class of bonds and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal or interest.\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{table:ratingexplanations}
\end{table}
I have got the following output

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The errors are as follows
Code: 
[LaTeX] presentation.tex => presentation.dvi (latex)
/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/thumbpdf/thumbpdf.sty:0: You need pdfTeX in PDF mode for driver `pdftex'.
presentation.tex:0: Unused global option(s):[makeidx].
./presentation.aux:0: Label `eq:rwdd' multiply defined.
./presentation.aux:0: Label `eq:ma1' multiply defined.
./front.tex:15:Overfull \hbox (42.84467pt too wide) in paragraph
./front.tex:63: Font shape `OT1/cmss/m/it' in size not available(Font) Font shape `OT1/cmss/m/sl' tried instead on input line 63. Font shape `OT1/cmss/m/it' in size not available(Font) Font shape `OT1/cmss/m/sl' tried instead
./chap2/chap2.tex:0:Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) has occurred while \output is active []
./chap2/chap2.tex:0:Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) has occurred while \output is active []
./chap2/chap2.tex:46:Overfull \hbox (457.57047pt too wide) in paragraph
./chap2/chap2.tex:42:Overfull \hbox (91.38274pt too wide) in paragraph

May be my post is kinda messy. But it would be nice if anyone help me out of this problem.

Thanks in advance.

- Haseeb
 
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what exactly is the problem?

The table doesn´t appear as you want it to?

regards
t.
 
  • #3
Try:

\begin{table}[ht]
\caption{Moody's and S\&P rating system with numerals}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l l}
\hline\hline
Moody's Rating & Definitions\\
%heading
\hline
Aaa & Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest \\
& quality, with minimal credit risk. \\
\hline
Aa & Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are \\
& subject to very low credit risk.\\
\hline
A & Obligations rated A are considered upper-medium \\
& grade and are subject to low credit risk.\\
\hline
Baa & Obligations rated Baa are subject to moderate credit risk.\\
& They are considered medium-grade and as \\
& such may possesses certain speculative characteristics. \\
\hline
Ba & Obligations rated Ba are judged to have speculative \\
& elements and are subject to substantial credit risk. \\
\hline
B & Obligations rated B are considered speculative \\
& and are subject to high credit risk.\\
\hline
Caa & Obligations rated Caa are judged to be of poor \\
& standing and are subject to very high credit risk.\\
\hline
Ca & Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative \\
& and are likely in, or very near, default, with some \\
& prospect of recovery of principal and interest.\\
\hline
C & Obligations rated C are the lowest rated class \\
& of bonds and are typically in default, with little \\
& prospect for recovery of principal or interest.\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{table:ratingexplanations}
\end{table}

Good luck!
 
  • #4
Hi haseebmahmud,

You can set the width of the columns by changing your line:

\begin{tabular}{l l}

which right now just left justifies the columns. You can change this to, for example,

Code: 
\begin{tabular}{l p{8cm}}

which left justifies the first column and sets the width of the second column. Making just that change in your latex code gives



Code: 
\begin{table}[ht]
\caption{Moody's and S\&P rating system with numerals}   
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l p{8cm}}
\hline\hline
Moody's Rating & Definitions\\
%heading
\hline
Aaa & Obligations rated Aaa are judged to be of the highest quality, with minimal credit risk. \\ 
\hline
Aa & Obligations rated Aa are judged to be of high quality and are subject to very low credit risk.\\ 
\hline
A &   Obligations rated A are considered upper-medium grade and are subject to low credit risk.\\
\hline
Baa & Obligations rated Baa are subject to moderate credit risk. They are considered medium-grade and as such may possesses certain speculative characteristics. \\
\hline
Ba & Obligations rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements and are subject to substantial credit risk. \\
\hline
B & Obligations rated B are considered speculative and are subject to high credit risk.\\
\hline
Caa & Obligations rated Caa are judged to be of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk.\\
\hline
Ca & Obligations rated Ca are highly speculative and are likely in, or very near, default, with some prospect of recovery of principal and interest.\\
\hline
C & Obligations rated C are the lowest rated class of bonds and are typically in default, with little prospect for recovery of principal or interest.\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{table:ratingexplanations}
\end{table}

and a small screenshot of the result I get is

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3259/tablexb5.jpg
 
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