[Tex/LaTex] Adjustbox on a landscape page makes a table too small

adjustboxscalingtables

I am trying to use adjustbox to scale down a table that is too large for a landscape page, but when I use it, the scaled table is much smaller than it needs to be relative to the size of the page. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Below is an example that shows the issue. The same table is shown both using adjustbox and without.

\documentclass[letterpaper,12pt,oneside]{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,pdflscape,adjustbox}

\begin{document}

\begin{landscape}

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\begin{table}[t]

\begin{adjustbox}{max width=\textheight}
\begin{tabular}{*{5}{l}}
\toprule
   & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Women} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Men} \\\cmidrule(lr){2-3}\cmidrule(lr){4-5}
                     & Person-  &    & Person-  &  \\
                     &  month  &  Unique & month  &  Unique \\
Sample restrictions  & records  &  individuals & records  &  individuals \\
\midrule
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxx          & xxxxxx & xxxxx & xxxxx & xxxxx \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{adjustbox}
\end{table}
\end{landscape}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%% now same table without adjustbox
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\clearpage
\begin{landscape}
\begin{table}[t]
\begin{tabular}{*{5}{l}}
\toprule
   & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Women} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Men} \\\cmidrule(lr){2-3}\cmidrule(lr){4-5}
                     & Person-  &    & Person-  &  \\
                     &  month  &  Unique & month  &  Unique \\
Sample restrictions  & records  &  individuals & records  &  individuals \\
\midrule
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxx          & xxxxxx & xxxxx & xxxxx & xxxxx \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{landscape}

\end{document}

Best Answer

max width=\textheight}

lscape sets \textheight locally to be the new height but you want the local width so use \linewidth instead.

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One way is to shift up the skip prior to the mid-height \tabucline with a \\[-1pt]. See below for 2nd approach.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
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\hline
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Alternately, if you want the thin line to bisect the thick line, then the approach: \\[-1pt] \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]\hline works.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]
\hline
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    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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You don't need adjustboxfor this table, if you simply use the l specifier for the last column. It all can be done with the threeparttable and tablenotes environments. I also took the liberty to replace your \hlines with rules from the booktabs package, and add some vertical padding to the rows with \addlinespace from the same package:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup[table]{singlelinecheck=false}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\captionsetup[table]{
labelsep = newline,
textfont = sc,
name = TABLE,
justification=justified,
singlelinecheck=false,%%%%%%% a single line is centered by default
labelsep=colon,%%%%%%
skip = \medskipamount}
\usepackage{booktabs, threeparttable}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \centering
  \begin{threeparttable}[online]
    \caption{Variables and Definitions}\label{table:2}
    \begin{tabular}{lp{10.5cm}l}
      \toprule\midrule
      Variables & Definition & Source \\
      \midrule\midrule
      POV & Measured as Poverty Headcount ratio at \$ 2 a day & WDI \\
      \addlinespace
      PG & Measured as Poverty gap at \$ 2 a day & WDI \\
      \addlinespace
      GINI & Income Inequality, natural log of GINI coefficient & WDI \\
      \midrule \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
    \begin{tablenotes}[online]\medskip
      \tiny \item[Note:] $+$The World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI). %
    \end{tablenotes}
  \end{threeparttable}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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