Center Extra-Wide Table in Page, depsite exceeding \textwidth

Question

I am currently writing a report and have some problems with an extra wide table. I Would like to have it centered on the page, however it always algins left due to the overfull \hbox. I have made progress in making the table thinner, but not enough.

I have also seen the answers in How can I center a too wide table? and How do I center this wide table in LaTeX?, however I have not been capable to implement the solution proposed. Maybe there is some incomaptibility with some packages I use.

I have tried to put below a MWE of my problem, I have however inserted all the packages I use in case anybody sees where the incompatibility is.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report} %EINSEITIG
\usepackage[a4paper , lmargin = {3cm} , rmargin = {3cm} , tmargin = {2.5cm} , bmargin = {2.5cm}, headheight=14.5pt]{geometry} %für PC Ansicht


\usepackage[ngerman, english]{babel} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{amsfonts} 
\usepackage{textcomp,gensymb} 
\usepackage{upgreek}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage[gen]{eurosym} 
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{nicefrac}
\usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace}

\usepackage[font=small,format=hang]{caption} 

\pagestyle{fancy}
\usepackage{booktabs} 
\usepackage{tabularx} 
\usepackage{subcaption} 
\usepackage{colortbl} 
\usepackage{rotating} 
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{pifont} 
\usepackage{selectp} 
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\usepackage[version=4]{mhchem} 


% SI-Unit
\usepackage[per-mode=symbol,exponent-product=\cdot]{siunitx}


% HyperRef Formatting
\usepackage[pdftex, colorlinks, linkcolor=black, frenchlinks, unicode]{hyperref} 
\hypersetup{citecolor=black}
\hypersetup{urlcolor=blue}


\usepackage{uarial}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}



\definecolor{light-gray}{gray}{0.75} %Definition der neuen Farbe Grau


    \usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}{\bfseries\Huge}{\thechapter.\quad}{0em}{} 
\AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\chaptername}{}}



\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}

\begin{document}
\chapter{Test}

%%PDF-Einstellungen

\fancyhead[L]{Version 1.4 - \today}
\fancyfoot[L]{}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\fancyfoot[R]{}

\pagenumbering{roman} %Römische Ziffern

%%

%
A tabular listing with DIN standards and corresponding ASTM standards for the aforementioned testing methods is given in \autoref{Tab:test}.


\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\caption{DIN and ASTM Test Method Standards Comparison}
\begin{tabular}{llcc}
\toprule 
Field & Test & DIN-Standard & ASTM-Standard \\
\toprule
\multirow{3}{*}{Concrete} & Compressive strength (UCS) & EN~12390-3 & C39/C39M Bananenequark \\ 
& Young's modulus & EN 12390-13 &  C469/C469M \\
& Triaxial Tests & - & C801* \\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\begin{scriptsize}  * = standard withdrawn \end{scriptsize}} \\
\end{tabular}
\label{Tab:test}
\end{table}

\end{document}

I have tried many options but still have no look and the table is aligned to the left of the text.

Can somebody provide me with a solution how I can center the table on the page and not align it left in the text?

Many thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

your table can be fit in text width with use of the tabular* table environment and left adjust \colsep to it. using \small font size make table even nicer:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report} %EINSEITIG
\usepackage[hmargin = {3cm},
            vmargin = {2.5cm} ,
            headheight=14.5pt]{geometry} %für PC Ansicht
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{uarial}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace}

\usepackage[font=small,format=hang]{caption}

\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{booktabs, multirow}
\usepackage[colorlinks, frenchlinks, unicode]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{linkcolor=black, citecolor=black, urlcolor=blue}

%---------------- show page layout. don't use in a real document!
\usepackage{showframe}
\renewcommand\ShowFrameLinethickness{0.15pt}
\renewcommand*\ShowFrameColor{\color{red}}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%

\begin{document}
A tabular listing with DIN standards and corresponding ASTM standards for the aforementioned testing methods is given in \autoref{Tab:test}.

    \begin{table}[htbp]
\caption{Comparison of DIN and ASTM Test Method Standards}
\label{Tab:test}
    \setlength\tabcolsep{0pt}
    \small% works also with normal font size
\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}llll}
    \toprule
Field & Test & DIN Standard & ASTM Standard \\
    \midrule
\multirow{3}{*}{Concrete} & Compressive strength (UCS)
& EN~12390-3 & C39/C39M Bananen\-equark \\
& Young's modulus & EN 12390-13 & C469/C469M \\
& Triaxial Tests  & --           & C801* \\
    \bottomrule
    \addlinespace
\multicolumn{4}{@{}l}{\scriptsize * = standard withdrawn}\\
\end{tabular*}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

Answer 2

Since you're already loading the tabularx package, you might consider employing a tabularx environment instead of a tabular environment. I suggest using a (modified) X column type for the final column and allowing line breaks in that column.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report} %EINSEITIG
\usepackage[hmargin = {3cm}, vmargin = {2.5cm} ,
    headheight=14.5pt]{geometry} %für PC Ansicht

\usepackage[ngerman, english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
\usepackage{textcomp,gensymb}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
%\definecolor{light-gray}{gray}{0.75} % neue Farbe Grau

\usepackage{upgreek}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage[gen]{eurosym}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{nicefrac}
\usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace}

\usepackage[font=small,format=hang]{caption}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabularx,ragged2e}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\RaggedRight\arraybackslash}X}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{selectp}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\usepackage[version=4]{mhchem}

% SI-Unit
\usepackage[per-mode=symbol,exponent-product=\cdot]{siunitx}

\usepackage{uarial}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}{\bfseries\Huge}{\thechapter.\quad}{0em}{}
\AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\chaptername}{}}

% HyperRef Formatting (load 'hyperref' package LAST)
\usepackage[colorlinks, frenchlinks, unicode]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{linkcolor=black, citecolor=black, urlcolor=blue}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
\pagenumbering{roman} % Römische Ziffern

%%PDF-Einstellungen
\fancyhead[L]{Version 1.4 -- \today}
\fancyfoot[L]{}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\fancyfoot[R]{}


\begin{document}
\chapter{Test}

A tabular listing with DIN standards and corresponding ASTM standards for the aforementioned testing methods is given in \autoref{Tab:test}.

\begin{table}[htbp]
\caption{Comparison of DIN and ASTM Test Method Standards}
\label{Tab:test}

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}lllL@{}}
\toprule
Field & Test & DIN Standard & ASTM Standard \\
\midrule
\multirow{4}{*}{Concrete} & Compressive strength (UCS) 
& EN~12390-3 & C39/C39M Bananen\-equark \\
& Young's modulus & EN 12390-13 & C469/C469M \\
& Triaxial Tests  & --           & C801* \\
\bottomrule \addlinespace
\multicolumn{4}{@{}l}{\scriptsize * = standard withdrawn}\\
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}

\end{document} 

Answer 3

I know that this will trigger some comments but you could just use \centerline and wrap it around your table. This does what you seem to be looking for. Whether or not this is good style is a different question.

\centerline{\begin{tabular}{llcc}
\toprule 
Field & Test & DIN-Standard & ASTM-Standard \\
\toprule
\multirow{3}{*}{Concrete} & Compressive strength (UCS) & EN~12390-3 & C39/C39M Bananenequark \\ 
& Young's modulus & EN 12390-13 &  C469/C469M \\
& Triaxial Tests & - & C801* \\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\begin{scriptsize}  * = standard withdrawn \end{scriptsize}} \\
\end{tabular}}