Re: [O] tabularx from org to latex not recognized

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Hello Nick, 

Thank you for fixing the <10> character-width problem with the 2nd column of the table in Org-mode problem, your solution worked. Now the table is much more legible, within Emacs' reduced window.

Unfortunately the ultimate pdf if still giving problems. The table is too wide and the text overflows well beyond the right page limit. Something's not working in the preamble. Let me post the whole thing here:

#+TITLE: MS

#+AUTHOR:  Me

#+DATE: April 2016

#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview align

#+OPTIONS: toc:nil

#+LATEX_CLASS: article

#+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [a4paper,10pt]

#+ATTR_LATEX: :environment tabularx :width \textwidth :align lXl

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{esdiff}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[version=4]{mhchem}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{amssymb}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{siunitx}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{tabularx,booktabs}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \frenchspacing \allowdisplaybreaks

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{fancyhdr}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \pagestyle{fancy} % choose page-style

#+LATEX_HEADER: \fancyhf{}  % erase and clean up

#+LATEX_HEADER: \fancyhf[HLE,HRO]{\thepage} % H or F=Header or Footer, LCR=Left, Centre, Right

#+LATEX_HEADER: \fancyhf[HC]{Materials Science: 10 Things\dots}

PS: Say I want to see what's "hidden" in the table due to the <10> (or <20>) character self-imposed limit, how can I do that via keyboard shortcut? Can it be done?

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From: Nick Dokos <ndokos <at> gmail.com>

Subject: Re: tabularx from org to latex not recognized

Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.orgmode

The <width> specification is on a row of its own, in the same column

that it is supposed to control. Try the following:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---

#+ATTR_LATEX: :environment tabularx :width \textwidth :align lXl

| NAME   | CHARACTERISTICS      | EXAMPLES    |

|--------+----------------------+-------------|

|        | <20>                 |             |

| Metals | metallic bonding: adjacent atoms share electrons in a non-directional way; opaque, shiny,

electrically conductive, they reflect photons, light rays from the Qenvironment | a metal pan |

--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

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Nick