title: Table in Latex Overlapping with Second Column of the Page
body: <p>I got a problem with tables in LaTeX. I am using a pre-defined format from a conference, which makes a page consists of two columns. My table is too wide to be contained in one column, so it goes to the second column of the page and overlaps with text!</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Why is LaTeX allowing this?</li>
  <li>Is it possible in the current format, to make the table a block, so that it uses two columns, and the text in the other column dragged down a bit?</li>
  <li>Any other suggestion?</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>This is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>\begin{table}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
  \hline
  Rule &amp; Factor &amp; Best Value &amp; Delta_t &amp; Delta_{do} &amp; Comments \\
  \hline
  \multirow{3}{c}{Diagonal Dominance} &amp; Line Angle &amp; 45 &amp; 15 &amp; 30 &amp; The angle between the prominent line of the object and
  the diagonal lines \\ % TODO: What object? Make sure it is clear.
                                      &amp; Line Distance &amp; 0 &amp; 0.25 &amp; 1 &amp; The distance, in screen coordinates, from the
  prominent line of the object to the diagonal lines. \\ % TODO: Need to define screen coordinates
                                      &amp; Corner Distances &amp; 0 &amp; 0.1 &amp; 0.7 &amp; The distance, in screen coordinates, from the
  end of the prominent line of the object to the corners of the screen. \\
  \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{The factors of each rule and their parameters.}
  \label{table:factors}
  \end{table}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thank you in advance for your help.</p>
  
  <p>Regards,<br>
  Rafid</p>