latex margins

[Tony Arnold]

Michael,

Michael V. De Palatis wrote:
> I've had a problem with LaTeX margins for quite some time now.
> Basically, when using the fullpage package, or even manually
> specifying the margins to use, I get weird issues with one side
> having a noticeably larger margin than the other (see the attached
> PDF).
> 
> To date, no one has been able to figure out what the problem is
> exactly. This is a real annoyance, especially when I need to turn in
> papers (I don't really want to have it looking that ugly).

Have you specified a4paper in the \documentclass line at the top? To get
sensible margins, I typically put:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{fullpage}

Also note that a 1 inch margin is assumed by the dvi processor, so any
margins you specify in LaTeX is relative to this 1 inch margin.

HTH.

Regards,
Tony.

P.S., Feel free to post me a sample (non confidential, of course)
document and I'll play with it. I use breezy.
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