Questions tagged [geometry]
{geometry} is a package that allows to change the margins of (whole) pages and, conversely, the width and height of the textblock and its positioning on the page.
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Italicized characters violating margins, even with microtype option [protrusion=false]
Pretty self-explanatory. I'm dealing with a gov't agency which uses automated checks for uploaded documents. I was going in circles trying to find margin violations. I expected microtype to be able ...
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Restoregeometry causes text to run of page
Currently, I am working on a package for an association. I am trying to achieve the following: the geometry of the first page should be different from all the following pages. There are some questions ...
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Producing custom shaped PDF format (like A4,A5 but custom)
In the preamble, I can set the format of the PDF file via the geometry package as I want (here 5cmx20cm).
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,german]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[sfdefault,...
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Inconsistent margin around equation with geometry package setup
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Following a precedent question, I realize that my thesis spacing problems are due to different packages in different condition. This time, it seems that the geometry package—or more precisely ...
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Setting margins to a A4Paper
Im writing a paper for school and I am using the geometry class to set the left and right margins.
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
a4paper,
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How does this `Underfull \vbox (badness 10000)` happen? [duplicate]
Perhaps this is a silly question. I got several Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) in my document, and to find the reason, I simplified the code all the way to
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{geometry}
\...
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`geometry` strangely affect the behavior of `ragged2e`
Look at this example:
%! TEX program = xelatex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[scheme=plain]{ctex}
\ctexset{linestretch=0pt}
\xeCJKsetup{CJKglue={},CJKecglue={},RubberPunctSkip=false,CheckSingle}
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Reflection page using xcoffins
I am missing something when it comes to creating a page that mirrors this page (reflect this page over the y-axis/vertical fold)
Here is my xcoffins code:
%\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\...
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Crop package, geometry and memoir leads to option clash
I need the cam option of the crop package (not provided by memoir's trimmed sizes), but when I put memoir, geometry, and crop together, I get an option clash warning. Is there away to circumvent this ...
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\afterpage{} not working for \newgeometry and \restoregeometry
My goal is to have a different geometry for the first page compared to the rest of the document.
The only way I found to do this is to use the \afterpage{} command.
MWE (note the different headheights)...
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Change the inner margins according to the page count
One of the Amazon -- KDP requirements for print books is that the inner margins be determined by the page count of the book, so that larger books have more gutter -- more specifically, according to ...
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Drawing Hexagonal lattice with paths marked with dark black and its midedges
I am facing difficulties in drawing the following diagram in latex :-
I need to draw it in the same orientation but bold edges and mid points of my choice.
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LuaLaTeX ignoring newgeometry command
In using the newgeometry command in LuaLaTeX, the command does not appear to have effect.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{luacode, lipsum}
\begin{document}
\...
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Stacking boxes side-by-side with geometry and tcolorbox packages
I have been editing a CV with tcolorbox and geometry packages, I wanted to stack side-by-side two boxes below a top box but when I run the code the top box sits on top of the first page alone and the ...
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Extending margin such that final entry of printbibliography fits on the page
I have such an annoying issue. My final entry of the bibliography does not fit on the same page. I tried the following in order to increase the margin at bottom of page, but somehow the text is not ...
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Exam layout with geometry and tcolorbox
Here are several questions:
1- How to make the usage of \tcboxfit in the first raster row not distort the layout as shown below?
2- How to precisely calculate the dimensions summation passed to ...
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Using coffin class to set-up page geometry
I have a specific page geometry that I would like to create for my odd pages using the coffin class. I have been playing around with it, but I am not understanding the documentation for connecting ...
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Desired page Geometry
I would like help setting up the geometry of a page that looks like this:
Specifications:
page geometry is 8 in by 8 in
images on odd page need to be no larger than 2 inches wide
paragraph text ...
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Top margin is greater than specified in geometry
My assignment requires me to have top and bottom margins of 2cm, and left and right of 3cm. Left and right perfectly work, but when using the geometry package as seen below, my top and bottom margins ...
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Start new page with each section with new page geometry
I would like to start each section on a new page and new geometry. For each section on a new page, \newcommand{\sectionbreak}{\clearpage} is used but I can't change the page geometry.
Normally, 2.5 ...
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exam/geometry: First footer is shifted below when setting geometry using \AtBeginDocument
This answer does the job for placing the header right. However, the first footer is unknowingly shifted way much down.
So, why does \AtBeginDocument{\settototalheight\headerTotalHeight{\headerContents}...
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Where does this blank page come from?
This LaTeX document should have one (or two, now I'm using \lipsum) pages of A4 portrait, followed by one in A4 landscape. However, there's a blank landscape page before the one with the content, and ...
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What is the difference between \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} and \usepackage{geometry}, \geometry{margin= 1in}?
I would like to know the difference between this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
and:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{margin=1in}
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tcolorbox: error with \settototalheight when calculating the header height before passing it to the geometry package
Following up this answer, I would like to know why the following doesn't compile and gives this error
! Undefined control sequence.
\tcb@startbox ...x }{\tcb@w@upper }\tcb@lua@color
{tcbcolupper}\...
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Chapter title outside text area
I am trying to reproduce trees, maps, and theorems with paracol. At the moment I am trying to figure out how to set the chapter title outside the text area like here.
I don't think my MWE with a ...
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Test not wrapping in wrapfig
Working on a book writing project for a friend. I am using the wrapfig environment to wrap my text around the figure as I have done in the past, but there is something in the geometry of the page that ...
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Changing NotesTeX page layout
I came across Aditya's beautiful NotesTeX template, to which I wish to change the page layout a bit.
The NotesTeX.sty file includes a geometry package command that sets up the page layout.
What I want ...
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Load the geometry package without having it change the document margins
I am using \documentclass{book} along with the libertine and libertinust1math packages.
I would like to use the command \phantom, which is in the geometry package (as seen in this answer). However, as ...
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Different typeblocksize in the same document with memoir
I'm writing a document with memoir class in which the table of contents has a different typeblock size than the rest of the document. I know that geometry package can do what I want with \newgeometry{....
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Whitespace through empty figure environment
I am trying to alter my documents bottom margin for a single page. I have looked at all sorts of posts concerned with the geometry package and so on and have not found a solution for my needs. (See ...
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Raise page number on first page of chapter with fancyhdr
I am using the packages geometry and fancyhdr together.
I have the standard page layouts plain (footer with centered pager number) on the first page of a chapter and body (no footer and page number in ...
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Scaling up AMSBOOK -class based documents fails
I have found impossible to scale up documents created by AMSBOOK -documentclass.
Bottom on this question is a minimalistic TeX -file. You may find the text familiar.
If the first two lines are
\...
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Is it geometry or pgfpages bug?
With \usepackage[showframe]{geometry} inserted in 2 on 1 pgfpages layout produce an unexpected result.
I have updated latex last week, before that this problem did not appear
\documentclass{article}
\...
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\newgeometry does not apply the right margins
I developed the following code for my document:
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[german]{babel}
\usepackage[headsepline,footsepline]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\...
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Interaction between newgeometry and fancyhdr
To optically center the dedication in my thesis, I have to use newgeometry for that page. On the following page the page number is now missing and fancyhdr gives the following warning:
Package ...
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latex: changing bottom margin for a single page
I wanted to change the page margin for the first page in a latex document. More or less it has worked out. However, the bottom margin is creating a problem. If I change the bottom margin of the first ...
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Option `headwidth=textwithmargin` of `scrlayer-scrpage` package for asymmetric page layouts
In the following example I am trying to extend the width of the header and the footer of the KOMA-Script class scrbook to include the width of the margin column:
\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage{...
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Filling a polygon with many vertices using a loop
I have a polygon with many vertices. I first created the coordinates by using
\foreach \i in {1,...,\n}
{
\coordinate (\i) at (\x,\y);
\coordinate (p\i) at (\z,\t);
}
There are a series of ...
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Does the \setlength have any feature not found in geometry package ؟ [closed]
Do we need to use \setlength if we use the geometry package? Does the \setlength have any feature not found in geometry package ؟
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How to add the scale at one side of a triangle?
I want to draw the following picture:
But I don't know how to align it with the two dashed lines.
\documentclass[margin=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{...
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Bottom margin of first page different than that of other pages
I have a problem that has been discussed before, but none of the solutions given in the answers I've found worked for me.
The problem is that the bottom margin of the first page is different than the ...
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set columnsep in geometry and multicols separately
Inside a two column document, I am using the multicols environment in order to save space on small questions. However, the width of columnsep that I am using at page level is apparently the same that ...
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Vertically centre header
I have a document with this preamble:
\documentclass[12pt, b5paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
% ...
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
vcentering=True,
margin=...
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Geometry page numbering problem
I've just started using LaTeX and I'm having a problem writing an article for school. My problem is that in the output pdf, only the first page is numbered, while the other pages have no number ...
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Add geometry options in class result an “Unused global option(s)” warning
This small example cause a warning Unused global option(s):[showframe] although the option is passed to geometry package
\documentclass[showframe]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\begin{document}
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Why is the geometry package messing my margins up?
I want to write a document making use of as much of the page as I can. The code I am using is this (disclaimer: I took the sample text from here):
\documentclass[12pt, oneside, a4paper]{memoir}
\...
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ps2pdf does not preserve dimensions
I am using packages geometry and crop in a .tex file. Then, I convert it to .ps (using dvips) and .pdf (using ps2pdf). The problem is that in the .dvi and .ps files all areas (margins, heights and ...
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H2020 template + good LaTex practices
Dear fellow LaTex experts, do you see any redundant or conflicting commands, or bad practices?
(E.g. wrt package loading order? Or, it should be possible to remove a4paper from geometry (since it is a ...
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geometry: margins different when printed
I'm sure this is printer/driver related, just wanted to make sure the code below produces on A4 page size margins (top, bottom, left, right) of 15 mm (not including any footers).
When I print it, it ...
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geometry+fancyhdr: position of foot/head, keeping fixed margins
I'd like to have margins (top, bottom, left, right) all equal to 15 mm (not including any footers or headers). I'd like the foot/header to be both halfways between main text and end of page, so that ...
