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How to change the margins of the only first page of each chapter?
I'm using the geometry package in the book class and now I want the margins of the first page of each chapter to be, for example, top=50mm, bottom=50mm, left=50mm, right=50mm and the ...
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Adjusting the book document class for large volume writings
Given that my writing is relatively large in volume, I would like to make more efficient use of space. I therefore set \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{book}, but
I suppose that there is a way to use a ...
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How to snap the page dimensions to the grid in ConTeXt? [closed]
In ConTeXt, I am using the setting grid=yes to make all of the text in a document use grid typesetting. ConTeXt seems to automatically adjust the height of this grid based on the size of the font ...
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Displaying page construction guides
Is there any way to overlay some lines and dimensions on the document so that one can see where the margins end and more easily examine the overall layout and ratios of elements on the page?
See for ...
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Rules of thumb for size of binding correction (BCOR)
I was searching for this for a while now and I keep getting referred to an article about binding correction (probably in german) that seems to be offline.
Another tip was to measure the horizontal ...
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How could one setup a layout for a dictionary? (if possible)
A friend asked me if I knew any free software for creating dictionaries - which is good at saving space (reduce total number of pages).
Example:
I suppose this might be possible in LaTeX. ...
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paper edition of my university facebook
I'm trying to make the paper edition of the face-book of my university. I got some constraints; for example, I have to do very small margins.
\documentclass[a5paper,twoside]{book}
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When using a book class (memoir), text shifts from left to right on each page
I'm very new to latex, and I've noticed that using a book class causes the text on one page to be on the right and then left on the next and so on. I'd like for it to all to be on the left or ...
