latex margins

[Michael R. Head]

On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 17:31 -0600, Michael V. De Palatis wrote:
> Tony,
> 
> Interesting. I've printed it out before, and it didn't come out
> correctly, though. I've also tried it on several different viewers,
> all with the same effect.
> 
> I'm satisfied with the workaround I mentioned earlier, though.

How do you create the PDF? Perhaps your toolchain is making an A4 size
PDF with letter size content? 

> 
> Mike
> 
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 10:45:22PM +0000, Tony Arnold wrote:
> > Mike,
> > 
> > Michael V. De Palatis wrote:
> > > Actually, I use letterpaper since I'm in the US. I found that
> > > a4paper (on the screen, anyway) doesn't seem to be as extreme
> > > looking, but either one I still have uneven margins except when I
> > > use the anysize package like I mentioned a little while ago.
> > 
> > I just looked at the pdf you posted. When I print it, I get a 1 inch
> > left margin and the text width is 6.5in, so with a 1in right margin,
> > that makes 8.5in all together, which is the width of letter size paper,
> > I think? But the margins look uneven on the screen, which perhaps
> > suggests the paper size in the pdf viewer is incorrect, but presumably
> > you get the uneven margin problem when you print as well?
> > 
> > It's all a little confusing!
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Tony.
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