[OS X TeX] 1/2" margins

[Claus Gerhardt]

The default of the book.cls is
\ExecuteOptions{letterpaper,10pt,twoside,onecolumn,final,openright}

Thus you would have to replace 10pt by 11pt.

However, I consider your settings
>> paperheight=11in, paperwidth=8.5in, top=0.5in,  bottom=0.5in,  
>> left=0.5in, right=0.5in}

ill advised, since the default dimensions of the text body in the  
book.cls are already pretty large. If you really would like to save  
some paper I would recommend to use the standard 10pt font size  
instead of 11pt, which is in my view also easier on the eye.

Claus



On Nov 1, 2006, at 2:01, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> Frank STENGEL wrote:
>
>>
>> Le 11 oct. 06 à 20:32, Alain Schremmer a écrit :
>>
>>>
>>> For some documents, though, I would prefer the margins to be  
>>> 1/2"  all around an 8 1/2 by 11 page.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to achieve that by renewing something?
>>>
>>> (I don't even know how to get 1/2" margins as I got lost in   
>>> Companion2ed.)
>>
>>
>> Try using the geometry.sty package. It gives you a lot of control  
>> on  the geometry of the page. what you want could be achieved by  
>> the lines
>>
>> \usepackage{geometry}
>> \geometry{paperheight=11in, paperwidth=8.5in, top=0.5in,   
>> bottom=0.5in, left=0.5in, right=0.5in}
>>
>> There is some fine print regarding headers and footers, so be sure  
>> to  read the documentation...
>>
> Earlier on I ran into a problem and got everything on the  
> backburner for a while.
>
> Essentially, my setup is as follows (all files are \documentclass 
> [11pt]{book}):
>
>    Book.tex with \include{Exercise}
>    Homework.tex with \include{Exercise}
>    Exercise.tex
>
> The idea being to be able to print the Exercise by itself under the  
> heading of Homework.tex.
>
> But then, to minimize the paper used for Homework, I thought of  
> using smaller margins.  So, as per your suggestion above, I used
> \usepackage{geometry}
> with
>
>    \geometry{paperheight=11in, paperwidth=8.5in, top=0.5in,     
> bottom=0.5in, left=0.5in, right=0.5in}
>
> commented out in Book.tex and uncommented in Homework.tex. It works  
> fine except for the fact that  the default of \usepackage{geometry}  
> is not the same as that of  \documentclass[11pt]{book}.
>
> So, my question is how to change that default. The manual mentions:
>
>    One can set up a configuration file to make default options. To do
>    this, produce a file geometry.cfg containing an \ExecuteOptions
>    macro, for example,
>    \ExecuteOptions{a4paper,dvips}
>    and install it somewhere TEX can find it.
>    The options specified in the geometry.cfg can be cleared by option
>    reset.
>
> This would seem to do it but I have no idea how to let the default  
> be that of \documentclass[11pt]{book}
>
> I have a complete minisetup on which to try things (things are in  
> fact a bit more complicated than above as I have a bunvh of  
> renewcommands to show/not-show various things.) so it is not that I  
> am afraid of demolishing things. It is simply that I have no idea  
> where to start. Here, Companion2ed is no help to me.
>
> Very hopeful regards
> --schremmer
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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