ERSHC@CUNYVM (10/11/90)
I want to print a page (8.5in wide) with .5in margins left and right.
When I :textwidth = 7in (in LaTeX), I get the regular 1.75in left
margin, and print running off the page. I've looked through both
the TeXbook and LaTeX, and can't find a way to do this. Am I missing
something (like brains)?
Yes, I RTFM, but my eyes ain't too good!
Thanks.
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pursue it with forks and hope,
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++spencer@osc.edu (Stephen N. Spencer) (10/11/90)
In article <90284.002343ERSHC@CUNYVM.BITNET> ERSHC@CUNYVM writes: >I want to print a page (8.5in wide) with .5in margins left and right. >When I :textwidth = 7in (in LaTeX), I get the regular 1.75in left >margin, and print running off the page. I've looked through both >the TeXbook and LaTeX, and can't find a way to do this. Am I missing >something (like brains)? > From the LaTeX book, p. 163: \oddsidemargin One inch less than the distance from the left edge of the paper to the left margin of the text on right-hand pages. \evensidemargin The same as \oddsidemargin except for left-hand pages. This ends our reading from the book of Lamport. :-) :-) I looked at our 'fullpage.sty' which has both \oddsidemargin and \evensidemargin set to 0in, and \textwidth set to 6.5in, which means that it would have 1 inch margins. I made a new style, called it 'widepage', and set it up like this: \topmargin-.25in \textheight8.5in \evensidemargin-.5in \oddsidemargin-.5in \textwidth7.5in This indeed gives a 7.5 inch wide block for text, with 0.5 inch margins on the left and right. Since the margin variables are -0.5 inch, the margins will be one inch MORE than these variables, hence 0.5 inch margins. Hope this helps... steve -- Stephen N. Spencer | "Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! ACCAD, 1224 Kinnear Rd. | This is the WAR room!" Columbus OH 43212-1163 | - Dr. Strangelove spencer@cgrg.ohio-state.edu||71160.3141@compuserve.com||stephen_spencer@osu.edu
gampell@hpcc01.HP.COM (David J. Gampell) (10/12/90)
/ hpcc01:comp.text.tex / ERSHC@CUNYVM / 9:23 pm Oct 10, 1990 /
I want to print a page (8.5in wide) with .5in margins left and right.
When I :textwidth = 7in (in LaTeX), I get the regular 1.75in left
margin, and print running off the page.
Thanks.
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
eric schweitzer seek it with thimbles, seek it with care,
pursue it with forks and hope,
ershc@cunyvm.cuny.edu threaten its life with a railway-share,
@cunyvm.bitnet charm it with smiles and soap.
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Conforming DVI drivers cannot print within a 1-inch margin at the left and
the top of the page. As far as I know, attempts to defeat this behavior
are futile. I don't think you can get a 0.5-inch margin, therefore.
Regards,
Dave Gampell
dave@hpoclpa.hp.com
"Why do you think I speak for Hewlett-Packard?"