Mfrhtyj

Hi I am having an issue when trying to create tables that are twofold:

(1) The contents of the second columns keep going out of the page even when I try to create line breaks. (Preferably I would like to avoid using line breaks and would prefer if Texmaker would automatically create a new line instead of going out of the page).

(2) The contents of the second columns do not always start from the left of the box.

I only have two columns and it is the second column with the descriptions (i.e. blah blah) that are causing the problems.

begin{table}[h]

begin{center}

begin{tabular}{|l|r|}

hline

textbf{Architecture} & textbf{Limitations}                                                                                                               \ hline



Header1  & begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah \ blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah \ blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah \ blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah\blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

end{tabular}\ hline



Header2& 

begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. \ \ \ 

end{tabular}\ hline

Header3& 

begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

end{tabular} \ hline

Header4& 

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.                                                                                                                             \ hline

end{tabular}

end{center}

end{table}

i suppose, that you looking for the following:

documentclass{article}

usepackage{tabularx}



begin{document}



    begin{table}[h]

centering

begin{tabularx}{linewidth}{|l|>{raggedrightarraybackslash}X|}

    hline

textbf{Architecture} & textbf{Limitations}        \

                hline

Header1  & blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah  blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah  blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

            \  hline



Header2 &   blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

            \ hline

Header3 &   blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

            \ hline

Header4 &   blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

            \ hline

end{tabularx}

    end{table}

end{document}

Note:

• usecenter environment ad additional vertical space around tabular. for its centering on table float environment is better to use command centering (see mwe below).


• you nested tabular with column type c, which not automatic break lines when table reach desired width. apparently your manual breaking of text content is not adequate, so you have to long text rows that they can be placed on page


• suggested use of tabularx enable to automatic calculation of width of the second column and breaking a text in it.