Latex: how to control the column width of a table

Latex will automatically adjust the width of a cell in a table, but it will not consider the width of the page, so sometimes parts of the table are out of the page. If you want to control the column width of a table, you may want to use p option instead of l, c or r for left, center or right alignment.

For example:


\begin{table}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|p{2cm}|p{1cm}|}
\hline
a & bb & c\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Good luck!