bettingr@pegasus.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Keith E. Bettinger) (06/07/91)
PROBLEM (SHORT VERSION):
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Is it possible to change the dimensions of a LaTeX document once the document
has been started? Like, have page one have one set of dimensions, and have
page two have another?
PROBLEM (BACKGROUND):
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I'm trying to write a kind of 'letterside.sty', in which there is a column of
running text in the left margin as well as the header on the first page of the
letter ONLY. I've modified 'letter.sty' in one way or another to get the
first page to be how I want, but it involved changing the dimensions on the
first page (of course). I want to know how to make the second page come out
with different dimensions.
One additional constraint: if the user of the style file defines or
changes any of the standard page dimensions, I want the style file to ignore
those dimensions for the first page, and use them for the second and
subsequent pages.
Any suggestions? I've tried using the \thispagestyle command, but it seems
ill-suited for modifying parameters. Any other place (e.g., in the
\begin{letter} command or in the \begin{document} comm.) gives the aberrant
results predicted by the LaTeX manual.
Thanks.
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