I want to have a single chapter heading centered. The other chapter headings should not be centered.
I tried the following:
\documentclass[12pt]{scrbook}
\usepackage{lipsum} % for filler text
\begin{document}
\chapter*{\centering{single centered heading}}
\begin{center}
\lipsum
\end{center}
\chapter*{regular not centered heading}
\lipsum
\end{document}

\chapter*{\makebox[1.0\linewidth]{single centered heading}}. – Peter Grill Jun 21 '12 at 7:12