Problem with landscape in article class

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Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Date: 1995/05/29

I'm trying to set a table in LaTeX, and since it will have long entries, decided that landscape would be best for it. The output looks like the new dimensions aren't getting to (La)TeX, as it seems to be using the portrait textwidth (unless the margins are changed for landscape?). Would someone be able to tell me what is happening here, or am I missing something obvious :-) .

Input file

\documentclass[landscape]{article}
\begin{center}
{\LARGE A Centred Heading}
\begin{tabular}{llllll}
text  & more text here  & a little text  & a little more text
& text & a lot more text for TeX to typeset, but which overflows the hbox.
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}

From .log file: overfull \hbox (150+ pt too wide)…

Problem with landscape in article class

The last column should be 'p' instead of 'l'.

Problem with landscape in article class

If you will be using dvips as your dvi driver, you can use the rotating package from your nearest CTAN. The rotating package defines an environment sidewaystable.

Jeffrey Goldberg

Problem with landscape in article class

I have tried a similar one. It works with 'ReVTEX'. But I have found it more convenient to usr the style file 'portland.sty' which can be got from CTAN. And see similar articles posted in this group some days ago.

ZxZ