How can I center my table if I'd like it to be ´1.5\textwidth´?
\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{ctable}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[p]
%\centering
\resizebox{1.5\textwidth}{!}{%
\noindent\begin{tabular}{llllll}
\toprule
\multicolumn{6}{c}{Care Type} \\
\textbf{Direct care} & \textbf{Housekeeping} & \textbf{Mealtimes} & \textbf{Medication rounds } & \textbf{Miscellaneous} & \textbf{Personal care} \\
\midrule
Blood pressure measurement & Equipment cleaning& Dispensing meals& Distributing medication&Call requests&Toiletting\\
& &&&&\\
Weights & Cleaning patient surfaces& &Injections&Bed making &Changing\\
& &&&&\\
SATs~\footnote{Blood sugar saturation} & &&&&\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}}
\caption{Activity type and examples of each}
\label{tab:activities}\end{table}
\end{document}
Looks like this:
EDIT:
Using \centerline{\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{...}
I get:
Using \centering\makebox{\textwidth}{}
I get:
Using \begin{tabularx}{1.5\textwidth}{*6X}
\begin{table}[p]
\centering\makebox[\textwidth]
% \centerline
{\resizebox{1.1\textwidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabularx}{1.5\textwidth}{*6X} % \begin{tabularx}{llllll}
\toprule
\multicolumn{6}{c}{Care Type} \\
\textbf{Direct care} & \textbf{Housekeeping} & \textbf{Mealtimes} & \textbf{Medication rounds } & \textbf{Miscellaneous} & \textbf{Personal care} \\
\midrule
Blood pressure measurement & Equipment cleaning& Dispensing meals& Distributing medication&Call requests&Toiletting\\
& &&&&\\
Weights & Cleaning patient surfaces& &Injections&Bed making &Changing\\
& &&&&\\
SATs~\footnote{Blood sugar saturation} & &&&&\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}}}
\smallskip
\caption{Activity type and examples of each}
\label{tab:activities}\end{table}
Best Answer
\noindent
does nothing inside a LR box. You could use\makebox
but simpler perhaps just use the plain TeX derived\centerline
. Assuming 1.5\textwidth
fits on the paper....(Code modified to use
\makebox
original\centerline
version commented out.)