Reduce float size to fit page

Question

I've got a longish sidewaystable which currently is to large for its page. At least with \footnotesize it is. With \scriptsize it becomes too small, which looks strange and is hard to read.

Is there some way to (semi-)automatically scale a table to best fit the page?

I'm thinking about some package which iteratively adjusts font sizes, or which does a magnification of a single box, or some such. Lacking an automated solution, what's the best way to adjust font sizes to a without too much trouble? I'd like to keep the header unscaled, and the caption as well if possible.

Answer 1

You can use

\begin{table}%or {sidewaystable}
%\catcode stuffif you must
\noindent
\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{\begin{tabular}{...}
...
\end{tabular}}
\end{table}