[OS X TeX] Paper size in pdflatex

[Claus Gerhardt]

The page dimensions have to be defined in  the class file, in the  
preamble of the document they are ignored. Hence, I recommend to  
choose a suitable class file - I don't like the standard book.cls -  
and put a modified copy of it in your personal texmf folder, so that  
latex finds.

If you are writing a math or physiscs book, then I would recommend  
the amsbook.cls, otherwise ask your publisher or google a bit.

Claus
On May 31, 2005, at 14:49, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On May 31, 2005, at 7:28 AM, Joe Miro wrote:
>
>
>> I am writing a book and I want to generate a PDF document with a  
>> paper size of 170 mm x 240 mm. If I put the commands
>>  \setlength{\pdfpageheight}{240 mm}
>>  \setlength{\pdfpagewidth}{170 mm}
>> in the document it gets ignored by GW's pdflatex (the paper size  
>> comes out US letter). Using Google I have found a web page with  
>> instructions on how to modify two files ($TEXBASE/texmf/pdftex/ 
>> config/pdftex.cfg and $TEXBASE/texmf/tex/latex/misc/Vmargin.sty)  
>> to achieve the paper size change. I haven't tried it, and I would  
>> rather prefer not to, given that I only want to change the paper  
>> size of this document. Is there an option or some easy way to set  
>> the paper size for only one document?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I believe that tells pdftex what to do but you still have to do is  
> tell LaTeX what to do with
>
> \setlength\paperheight{240mm}
> \setlength\paperwidth{170mm}
>
> which might do the job; I'm not sure. Actually, I'd look into the  
> geometry package which allows for logical page setup and takes care  
> of telling pdftex special things.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
>
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