[yandytex] New paper size in DVIWindo

[Ganz, Frank, Springer US]

Dear J.R.,

To create your own paper size and to use in DVIWINDO, perform the following actions:

1. In DVIWINDO, go to Preferences > Command Line... > DVIPSONE (or DVIPSONE/Distiller)
2. Where it says "New Flags:" add 
 
-l=652*482

This is 23 x 17 cm converted into PostScript Points (Adobe Points).
 
To do your own conversions online, a nice site is this one:

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

This conversion was performed here:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm

Note, if you create a PDF file afterwards, you need to tell Adobe Acrobat or any other PDF creator your paper size.

Thanks,
Frank


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	From: yandytex-bounces at tug.org [mailto:yandytex-bounces at tug.org] On Behalf Of J. R. Setti
	Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 9:27 AM
	To: yandytex at tug.org
	Subject: [yandytex] New paper size in DVIWindo
	
	
	Fellow Y&Y TeXers,
	
	I have a question for those who know DVIwindo, the Y&Y TeX previewer, well.
	I am writing a book whose page dimensions are 23 cm x 17 cm, using LaTeX. 
	I use the geometry package to set the page dimensions and to design the book.
	DVIWindo, however, has some preset paper sizes, which can be chosen using
	Preferences > Page size...
	
	My problem is that the page sizes listed there (letter, legal, ..., executive) obviously 
	do not include 23 by 17 cm. I chose A4, which is the paper on my printer, and I can
	preview my file without any problems, as DVIWindo shows the 23 x 17 page I created
	on an A4 page.
	
	Using DVIPSONE, I generate a ps file from the dvi, by selecting a PS printer and 
	telling DVIWindo to print to a file, using DVIPSONE. This works OK [is there a better 
	way of doing this?], but DVIWindo tells  DVIPSONE that the page size is A4, and 
	not 23x17 cm. When I process the resulting ps file through Adobe Distiller,
	I -- obviously -- get an A4 page with my 23x17 cm page on it. 
	
	Does anyone know how to tell DVIWindo the page is 23x17cm?
	
	Any help will be greatly appreciated. 
	
	
	-- 
	Dr. José Reynaldo Setti                                jrasetti at usp.br
	
	Universidade de São Paulo                          400 Av. Trabalhador São-carlense 
	São Carlos School of Engineering                 São Carlos, SP, Brazil -- 13560-560
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