[pdftex] Re: custom paper size
Donald Story
dp_story at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 30 05:15:07 CET 2000
Paul;
When using pdftex with latex, pdflatex, the paper size is determined
\pdfpagewidth and \pdfpageheight
\setlength{\pdfpagewidth}{8in}
\setlength{\pdfpageheight}{8in}
Does the trick.
On 30 Nov 2000, at 9:53, Paul wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem somewhere between pdflatex and acrobat,
> but am not sure where. The script below gives no
> significant errors when pdflatex'ed. However, when the
> resulting .pdf file is opened in acrobat, I get an error of:
>
> An unrecognized token 'pagesize' was found.
>
> The resulting pdf file page size is standard A4.
> On the other hand, if I comment out the pdf special, and
> use the \special{papersize...} command, then upon
> pdflatex'ing, I get the message
>
> Non-PDF special ignored!
>
> I thought that both of these should work, but neither seems
> to.
>
> Any suggestions would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Paul
> ===========================================================
> \documentclass{article}
>
> \special{pdf: pagesize width 10in height 10in}
> % \special{papersize=10in,10in}
>
> \begin{document}
> Hello world!
> \end{document}
>
> ----------------------
> Paul E. Barbone
> Physics Dept.
> Institute of Cancer Research
> pbarbone at icr.ac.uk
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