I have a portrait page with a section heading below which I would like to place a table in landscape (as in this orientation it should take up most of the rest of the page).
I can get the whole page in landscape and do it that way, however, if I do this, the section heading does not appear on the same page.
My current attempt (which sticks the table on a new, landscape, page looks like this:
\documentclass[a4paper]{report}
\newcommand{\ra}[1]{\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{#1}}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\begin{document}
\section{Appendix B - Risk Assessment}
\begin{landscape}
\begin{table}[H]
\centering\ra{1.3}
\caption{Table to show risks, hazards and mitigation techniques for this experiment}
\label{tbl:RiskMatrix}
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{X X c X c c}
\toprule
Description of Hazard & Consequences & Risk Before & Mitigations Required & Risk After & ALARP? (Yes/No) \\ [0.5ex]
\midrule
Electrocution & Serious injury or death & 0.5 & Ensure hands are dry when plugging in. Do not tamper with any electrical components & 0.1 & Yes \\
Burns from hot components & Non-serious burns & 0.7 & Wear thermally insulated gloves when operating equipment & 0.2 & Yes \\
Burns from steam & Very serious burns, potential loss of sight & 0.6 & Wear safety goggles and a lab coat to protect from steam egress & 0.2 & Yes \\
Loss of apparatus integrity & Injuries from shrapnel, serious burns, potentially fatal & 0.3 & Check equipment for signs of buckling before use. Ensure that it remains within safe operating pressures. Ensure ballistic screen is in place around equipment. & 0.2 & Yes \\\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{landscape}
\end{document}
If anyone would have any suggestions on how I could achieve this or, if this is not possible, what the best alternative solution might be.
Best Answer
The solution is twofold, thanks to @David Carlilse for the idea to use the
rotating
package.Firstly, the
tabularx
inside the table needs to be placed inside asideways
block.Secondly,
tabularx
needs to be told the\textheight
instead of the\textwidth
so that it knows the total width of the table for itsX
column calculations. However, this results in the column overlapping with the page number so we subtract 3cm for margin.The section now reads like this: