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Add vertical line margin-aligned from a given point through subsequent pages

Using the memoir package, I would like to have a vertical line on my margin like this: Some leading content ... vertical space ... ---------------------------------- XYZ | Content A | ...
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Top margin, memoir class and geometry package

I'm trying to set a very basic front page for a document with the MWE below. I'd like to have a vertical stripe running along the left margin and have all the margins set to 0pt. The layout is based ...
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Different margins for odd and even pages, but not mirrored with memoir

I need a help with this page layout: top/bottom margins: 2cm for all pages on even pages: 3.5cm - 2cm on odd pages: 2cm - 2cm I tried: \setlrmarginsandblock{3cm}{2cm}{*} ...
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Changing textblock and margin size mid-document with memoir

In a memoir document, I'd like to set different textblock size and margins for the back matter, to give wider space for a glossary. Similar questions have been asked about changing page layout ...
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memoir class and \titleGM title page style with custom dimensions

I'm attempting to format a textbook that I'm writing using the memoir document class and am running into some problems with the memoir class and the \titleGM custom title page style. Here is my ...
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Chapter page numbers outside of margins memoir

When I send the file to createspace for their online reviewer, it tells me that a few page numbers are outside the margins, which happen to be the ones for each chapter when each chapter begins. Here ...
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Memoir: Increase header height for title page

I have to use a particular latex template. On the titlepage there is a logo in the header which is to high. Class memoir Warning: The material used in the headers is too large (78.7743pt) for ...
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How to fix a table that is too wide for margins?

I have created a table that is too wide for the margins. What I tried to do was implement \hspace*{-50pt} before \begin{tabular} and \hspace{-50pt} after \end{tabluar}. Which gets rid of the overfull ...
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Typesetting the same content in every margin

I'm creating a class for meeting notes and I'm hoping to put the word 'Notes' and possibly lines for people to write on once the meeting notes have been printed out. How would one get the class to ...
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Problem setting margins in memoir

I'm trying to setup the layout of my thesis and margins seems to be a little off what I'm expecting, I'm using memoir and I'm trying to setup all the variables of page layout so nothing wont go ...
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How to add binding space to memoir twoside

I'm using the LED template to MSc which uses memoir twoside. I need to print it and it requires extra margins for binding. How do I simply add the extra space on the spine side of the page? ...
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Why are odd pages left pages?

I'm typesetting a friend's novel using LaTeX (in my actual document I'm using memoir, but the same happens if I just use book). It's possible I'm going crazy, but I'm sure that it's setting up odd ...
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How can I create a decoration that runs down one side of each page?

Hi I'm writing an ebook in org-mode that includes a separate .tex file for styles. What I'd like to do is create a box that contains the current chapter and section name on a background image that ...
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How to set title and main matter pages independently, with memoir

I am setting up the page layout using memoir commands: \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{memoir} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage[charter]{mathdesign} \begin{document} \setlrmarginsandblock{20mm}{10mm}{*} ...
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Centering the frontpage using memoir

I'm using memoir (two-side layout). I have the problem that my front page is centered with respect to the margins, which are not equal in left and right side. \begin{center} will not solve this, since ...
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memoir margins and hyperref

I'm trying to use the hyperref package with the memoir class but the bottom margin of the document is no longer 2 cm as I set it. Rather, it seems like there is no margin at all. When I remove the ...
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Different margins for text and figures

Is it possible to have it so that the text has smaller left and right margins than figures? I am using memoir.
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Adjust typeblocksize in light of paper size

I'm trying to figure out how to adjust the typeblocksize in memoir in light of the ratio of \paperheight to \paperwidth. Right now, I have \settypeblocksize{*}{\lxvchars}{1.414} to adjust the ...
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Automatically change the text width for all table environments using memoir

I'd like to redefine the table environment in a document I'm writing so that the tables and captions are wider than the text block. I'm using the memoir class, and an example given in the manual is ...
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memoir margins setup [closed]

I wrote a little "book" by using the Memoir class. I'd need to have no more than 35 chars per line and no more than 70 chars on a columns. Is there some kind of settings to choose the best page ...
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Specific margin size in memoir

I am writing my thesis nowadays, and one of the few things the instructions have specific recommendations about is page size and margins. The page should be A4, and the margins should be: (I revised ...
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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 ...
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Syntax for memoir's \medievalpage command

I'm trying to use the memoir class \medievalpage command and cannot get it to work. Here is my effort: \documentclass[12pt]{memoir} \usepackage{lipsum} \medievalpage \checkandfixthelayout ...
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How to extend the footer to include the margin notes

My memoir document has a relatively narrow typeblock (90mm) and a wide margin (55mm) for annotations, with a \marginparsep of 15mm. I want the footer to cover both the typeblock and the annotation ...
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Memoir and geometry

I am using geometry with memoir. I use it to change the margins of my document temporarily, e.g.: .... \savegeometry{the_original_geometry} \newgeometry{top=2.5cm, bottom=2.5cm,headsep=0cm} .... ...
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Problem when imitating one-sided printing with double-sided printing in Memoir Class

I use memoir class and I imitate one-sided printing with double-sided printing thanks to the command (find in the memoir manual) \setlength{\evensidemargin}{\oddsidemargin} The problem is that I ...
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Make all pages odd

I have a memoir document, with custom settings for margins, headers and footers, etc. I just found out it is being printed single-sided instead of double-sided, and I was wondering if there is a ...
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Decreasing the outer margin

How can I decrease the outer margin for the pages of my memoir book, without decreasing the inner margin? I want to alter the settings I already have, given here: \documentclass[10pt]{memoir} ...
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Problem with odd/even margins when environment crosses page boundaries

In this question, I described a problem I have with marginpars appearing on the wrong side of the page when they occur near a page break. I ran into a different, but perhaps related problem described ...
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Environment for text to run into margins

After posting this closed question, I found a good solution for memoir on this page. However, my margins settings are different then the ones he uses, and as a result, the widematter environment only ...
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Problem with continuation of TOC in Memoir Class [closed]

This is basically continuation of earlier questions. I managed to fix (brute force) most issues. This one effects continuation pages of TOC, TOF, and chapters pages after the first. I assume it is the ...
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Memoir class top margin varies throughout the document. It needs to be 1" exactly throughout [closed]

This is the pagestyle stuff shown for ToC only, others are similar: \makepagestyle{toc} \makeevenfoot{toc}{}{\thepage}{} \makeoddfoot{toc}{}{\thepage}{} \DoubleSpacing ...
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How do I get section headings to extend into the margin (using the Memoir class)?

I’m writing a document that uses a rather small text block (\textwidth), with the margin holding footnotes, figures and various other material. Because of the narrow text block, section headings ...
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Same margins when specifying “twoside” in memoir?

I'm using the memoir document class with options openright and twoside. However, as the document will be printed on regular paper instead of being binded into a book, I wish the left and right margins ...
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How to place an image over a _full_ (including bleed) page in memoir?

I need to include a jpg into my document created with memoir as a full separate page. The jpg is colored and has 3 mm bleed out into the stock paper. A bit naively I thought I could just use negative ...
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Memoir Page Layout doesn't work as expected: Text shifted right

I'm trying to setup the layout as a one-sided A4 page, with 2.5 cm equal left & right margins. Since the width of A4 is 21cm, then I'm trying to do this with the following 2 steps: Set the ...
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How to make hanging lists using memoir?

I found the \hangsecnum command for having section numbers hanging out into the left margin. Now I want to do the same thing for all lists also, that is for the enumerate and itemize environments at ...
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Zero margins with memoir

I am trying to set up custom page size with zero margins. Here is the example \documentclass[oneside,final,12pt]{memoir} \usepackage{lipsum} % just for sample text \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} ...
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memoir: different pagesizes

I am using the memoir class and have my textblock set to a value so there are about 11 words on one line. This is great for the mainmatter of the report. But for some other pages (list of acronyms for ...
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Marginnote with geometry package

In my document i'm using the packages geometry and marginnote. The problem ist the following: If I use a newgeometry, the marginnote will stay on odd pages at same horizontaly position as by the ...
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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 ...