Padding left, top, right and bottom in LaTeX

Question

I want to include the Padding left, top, right and bottom. How can we do in LaTeX?

Answer 1

If I understand your question correctly, the geometry package could be used:

\usepackage[%
    left=0.50in,%
    right=0.50in,%
    top=1.0in,%
    bottom=1.0in,%
    paperheight=11in,%
    paperwidth=8.5in%
]{geometry}%

Also see xports answer to How can I set up the left/right margin of the page to 1 inch, the top/bottom one to ½ inch?

Answer 2

Note that LaTeX itself doesn't differ between margin and padding, because it actually doesn't now this concepts. They are normally not required for typesetting. Books are simply done differently than websites.

The adjustbox package includes a \marginbox which allows to add a margin (or padding) around a boxed content. There is also a margin option for \adjustbox or the adjustbox environment.

There are three different ways to define the margin/padding:

\marginbox{<all sites>}{<content>}
\marginbox{<left/right> <top/bottom>}{<content>}
\marginbox{<left> <bottom> <right> <top>}{<content>}

Or use \adjustbox or {adjustbox}:

\adjustbox{margin=...}{<content>}
\begin{adjustbox{margin=...}
    <content>
\end{adjustbox}

If you want to set padding, draw a frame/border around it and then add some margin use:

\begin{adjustbox{margin=<l> <b> <r> <t>,frame=<thickness>,margin=<l> <b> <r> <t>}
    <content>
\end{adjustbox}

Here the first margin sets the padding, the second the margin. If you only want equal padding on all four sides you can also use the optional separation (<sep>) argument of the fbox option:

\begin{adjustbox{fbox=<thickness> <sep>,margin=<l> <b> <r> <t>}
    <content>
\end{adjustbox}