{margins} is about dealing with (above all, changing) the margins of (whole) pages and, conversely, the width and height of the textblock and its positioning on the page. Popular packages are {geometry} and {typearea}. For changing the "margins" in the middle of a page, use {indentation} instead.
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Center figure that is wider than \textwidth
I have a figure that is wider than the \textwidth of my document. (I don't want to change the \textwidth.) As a result, the leftmost part of the figure is flush with the left margin, while the ...
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Difference between \textwidth, \linewidth and \hsize
The three lengths \textwidth, \linewidth and \hsize seem to all hold the width of the current line. At least I never saw some real difference between \textwidth and \linewidth in my code. Both seem to ...
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pgfplots: how can I scale to text width?
This question led to a new package:
tikzscale
When I try to scale a plot with: width=\textwidth there is some horizontal space between the
start/end of the plot and the start/end of the ...
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Change \textwidth and \textheight in mid-document
I set my \textwidth and \textheight in the preamble and would like to change both for some pages. How can this be done? E.g., the following example for \textwidth appears to work for the page number, ...
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How to scale a tikzpicture to \textwidth
I would like to scale my tikzpicture to exactly (or a proportion of) the \textwidth
Of course I could play with the [scale=0.5] option until I found the right value, but I assume there must be an ...
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Place figures side by side, spill into outer margin
I would like to place two figures side by side (not subfigures) and what’s more, I’d like to let the figures spill into the outer margin (since they are too wide for the the text width. Like this:
...
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Scale (resize) large images (graphics) that exceed page margins
Background
A large number of screen captures have been scaled 300% at 288dpi. They appear correctly when embedded in OpenOffice, but not LyX.
Problem
Images that do not extend beyond the margins ...
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How to fit landscape multi-page table to textwidth
\usepackage{longtable}
\begin{landscape}
\begin{table}[!htb]
\centering
\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{%
\begin{longtable}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
% Table here
\end{longtable}%
}%
\end{table}
...
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Automate Fixed Width Page, length > some minimum length, but only as long as needed
I am trying to automate the solution proposed by egreg to How define a fixed width page, but length > some minimum length, but only as long as needed by hooking into \begin{document} and ...
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How do I change my margins and spacing to fit the PhD thesis requirements of University XYZ?
Even-odd pages, inner edge 2.5cm, outer edge 1.5cm top and bottom 2cm. 1.5 spacing between the lines, double between paragraphs, no indent.
A general solution for other requirements would be best.
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A line of length \textwidth in TikZ
Why does the following latex document:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) -- (\textwidth,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
...
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votes
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How can I align section titles and list environments in the left margin?
I was wondering if you could help me with some alignment issues. I've search both here and Google but haven't really found a decent solution.
This is what I have (LaTeX default):
1 First section
...
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votes
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How to set colored ruled margins for different pages?
I want to write a LaTeX document, and I want to have document rules (colored margins distinguishing sections and/or even/odd pages).
Here is a model of what I have in mind:
How can this be ...
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votes
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Why are default LaTeX margins so big?
I've read that—unless I know a lot about typesetting—I shouldn't change the margins of a LaTeX document. The default margin size of the article class is really big and it feels like a lot of space is ...
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votes
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Preparing PDF files for ebook readers, etc.
People are nowadays increasingly often reading papers on screen, using ebook readers, tablet PCs, laptops, etc. A typical PDF file generated with Latex is far from ideal for such use; in particular, ...
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Margin Figures/Captions
I have two figure/caption related questions.
Firstly, in many textbooks, it is customary to put thin figures (along with their captions) entirely in the outer margin of the page. What is the most ...
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Different margins for title page
My document class is article with a4paper. The margins that I want for the body are:
top: 1 inch
bottom: 1 inch
right: 0.5 inch
left: 1.5 inch
The title page should have a 1 inch margin on all four ...
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margins of book class
I would like to know what are the margins (top, right,bottom and left; in meters) that are by default assigned for thebook class. Is there a command or a way to know them?
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votes
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Illogical twoside margins
Shouldn't the twoside option produce a wider margin at the binding/spine edge, rather than the other way around?
I'm using \documentclass[twoside]{report}.
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votes
1answer
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Theorem Name/Numbering in Margin
I have seen the previous discussion on this same issue before (see Theorem name and number in margin, note in text), however this did not resolve anything as clearly as I had hoped.
Basically, I ...
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votes
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Remove margins for title page
The scrbook class calculates margins automatically. For the title page of a book, I would like no margins at all, so that the text would be centered properly.
How can I disable all margins for the ...
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votes
1answer
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How define a fixed width page, but length > some minimum length, but only as long as needed
This recent question on how to increase the width of the output, and this earlier question on how to increase the length of the output reminded me of something I have been wondering: I would like to ...
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1answer
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margins in beamer columns
I have some trouble with margins in multi-column layout beamer slides.
If put the following snippet in a non-rounded theme like "Rochester", you will see that
the boxes of the first row have ...
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votes
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Minimize automatically the page size of the PDF outputs
I would like to produce the PDF version of the following TEX code without margins. How can I achieve this automaticcaly, even if it needs tricky code (I'm a regular user of Python) ?
I would like to ...
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votes
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Line break in citation with organization as author
I have the following reference:
@MISC{EX2012,
author = {{S}ingle {A}uthor {O}rganization},
year = {2012},
title = {Example}
}
A citation for this is breaking after "Author", but extending ...
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votes
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How to force LaTeX to put even pages on the right hand side in documentclass article
In documentclass article I try to put even pages on the right hand side of a twoside document (unfortunatelly it is no option for me to change the document class).
My point is to start with ...
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votes
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A package to help with layout generation? Graph paper in the background?
Once in a while I have to create a layout given by several parameters, such as "left margin 3cm, logo 4 cm from the right margin, 2cm high" etc. Now I use geometry package an other helpers to create a ...
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votes
2answers
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Making a LaTeX document appear as though it were typeset in MS Word
I am typesetting a document in LaTeX for which I have been given exact specifications that are intended for an MS Word-processed document (single-sided, single-spaced, 0.75 inch margins, no more than ...
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votes
4answers
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How to set a letter to the margin of the page and position it vertically according to alphabetical order?
I would like to place a letter (that indicates which letter in the dictionary is shown) on the outer side of the book, set it for example in a darker box and position that letter vertically. Users of ...
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votes
3answers
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Nicely force 66 characters per line
I would like to have "something" (a package, a trick, a macro, ...?) that makes it possible for me to nicely play with the margins (or the layout) in order to set the average or typical number of ...
16
votes
3answers
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Best ratios of number of letters per line and of number of lines per page
I am actually writing a master thesis in LaTeX but I didn't really like the default page style of the document style book. Therefore I tried to make my own page style and I resized manually the ...
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votes
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How to force a table into page width?
I have the following table:
\begin{table}[htb]
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node (table) [inner sep=0pt] {
\begin{tabular}{ l | l }
{\bf Symptom} & {\bf Metric} \\
\hline
Class that has many accessor ...
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votes
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Putting a bar in the margin
I sometimes want to give examples in a document I am writing. Because these examples are quite general it could be difficult for readers to see the difference between the examples and the theoretical ...
10
votes
4answers
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Creating Page Border for Single Page only
I am digitizing a book and there is only a single page which has page border as shown in the attached image.
How can I create border to a single page? Is there a library where I can choose a border ...
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votes
1answer
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Page border coloured
How to create a coloured page border for a document using KOMA-Script scrbook class?
Something like this:
(image taken from the memoir tutorial)
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votes
1answer
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Change page layout after first page
currently I'm trying to prepare a letter head with XeLaTeX. The first page of the letter should have a sidebar on the right. For this sidebar, the text width should be shrinked to approx. 80% of its ...
11
votes
2answers
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Storing the original document class page layout with geometry
Is it possible, using the geometry package, to store (and restore) the original layout specified by the document class (in my case, the class is report)?
Here is some context. I have been editing ...
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votes
1answer
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geometry, fancyhdr: \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage} is not really centered
After switching from the report class to the book class and starting to use the fancyhdr package to control headers/footers, the page numbers in my footers are no longer centered.
This is my fancyhdr ...
4
votes
1answer
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How to adjust macro to respect current \linewidth?
I'm having issues with text going past the end of the specified \textwidth. I posted this question about why text was being placed beyond the specified line width. The MWE provided there produced ...
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votes
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Modern book design, margins and typed area
The golden fleece of book design has been the typesetting of the typed area in relation to the paper and the spread. Famous typographers such as Jan_Tschichold and Rosarivo devised canon's of page ...
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votes
0answers
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different type areas on even/odd pages
in some (very rare) cases, it might be desirable to have the type area, particularly the text width, be different on even and odd pages. Let's say we're typesetting a textbook that's supposed to have ...
16
votes
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Draw true page border
Is there a way to draw a rectangle around every page?
The problem is that my document (a Ph.D. thesis) is in a funny format (16x24cm). So to print it centered on A4 paper (for reviewing) I played ...
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votes
7answers
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Custom margin settings for figure in LaTeX
I have a fairly large figure in a LaTeX document. This figure is too large for the left and right margin of the document. This results in the figure being placed flush with the left margin, and way ...
9
votes
2answers
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Page numbers vertically centered in the outer page margin
Even though it seems to be a non-standard position, I'd like to place my document's page numbers vertically centered in the outer page margin – i.e. where you usually have your thumb when you skim ...
14
votes
1answer
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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. ...
12
votes
2answers
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Where is the left-hand margin?
I'm working on the TikZ-from-TeX-SX package, specifically developing the code for putting equation numbering at places within a tikzpicture environment. To do this, I need to know where the text ...
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votes
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How can I get todonotes in the left margin
I want to use the package todonotes. Standard, the package prints the todo's in the right margin, while I want to have them in the left margin. Funny is, that in the manual itself they are placed in ...
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votes
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beamer: frame without decorations, with custom margin
I use \begin{frame}[plain] to have a frame without decorations. The content (inside columns environment) seems to horizontally still respecting the old margins (with Warsaw, gap on the left), although ...
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votes
3answers
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What is the easiest way to get borders around a page in LaTeX?
I want my document to have borders in all pages. I imagine I can do that using TikZ, but is there an easier way to do it?
I also asked this question here, but as the main question was something ...
4
votes
1answer
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Make a LaTeX document look like it was written in Microsoft Word [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Making a LaTeX document appear as though it were typeset in MS Word
I know this is a travesty in the world of TeX, and an affront to all decent TeX-believing people out ...
