I'm trying to make sure the book has enough margin space for printing. The minimum margins are
Top: 0.5”
Bottom: 0.5”
Left: 0.5”
Right: 0.5”
Gutter: 0.3”
I don't want to use these margins for the book (most of the time, the margins I am using are much bigger than these), but I want to make sure I have at least this amount. Is there a way to draw a box around each page with the above dimensions, so that I can check to see if each page falls within the requirements? I am using
\documentclass[A4paper,10pt,openany]{book}
\usepackage[paperwidth=6in, paperheight=9in]{geometry}
Thank you.
showframe
to geometry settings. For example:\documentclass{book} \usepackage[showframe]{geometry} \usepackage{lipsum} \begin{document} \lipsum\lipsum\lipsum \end{document}
0.5"+0.3"
.\usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{eso-pic} \AddToShipoutPictureBG{\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture] \ifodd\value{page} \draw[red,dashed] ([xshift=0.8in,yshift=0.5in]current page.south west) rectangle ([xshift=-0.5in,yshift=-0.5in]current page.north east); \else \draw[red,dashed] ([xshift=0.5in,yshift=0.5in]current page.south west) rectangle ([xshift=-0.8in,yshift=-0.5in]current page.north east); \fi \end{tikzpicture}}
.texdoc memdesign
) gives many examples of page layouts. Maybe this might be helpful in your design.