Tabular* problem

ec18

Hi, Trying to get a table with 7 columns to fit in a pdf. I'm using the tabluar* tag to try and change the text width so it'll fit on the page but it won't typeset with different text widths. Code is below

\noindent\begin{tabular*}{0.5\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}} c c c c c c c}

\textbf{Ambient} & \textbf{Energy$(kV)$} & \textbf{Dose$(cm^{-3})$} & \textbf{Temp$(^{o}C)$} & \textbf{Time$(m)$} & \textbf{Peak Conc$(Divisions)$} & \textbf{Junction Depth$(\mu m)$} \\ 

$Inert$ & $70$ & $1e13$ & $1000$ & $30$ & $17.6$ & $0.435$ \\ 
$DryO_{2}$ & $70$ & $1e13$ \\ 
\end{tabular*}

Time Magazine

Firstly, your last row is missing a few items, I think?

Your best bet is to take the table and multiply its size by 0.75 (or so). To do this, check out the scalebox command.

ec18

the last row is missing a few items, i left it that way until i could get the columns sorted.....That worked though thanks

djpbarry

For specifying column/table widths, you might find the tabularx package a little easier to work with. I find it quite handy.