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| author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2007-12-28 19:57:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2007-12-28 19:57:02 +0000 |
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uk-tex-faq 3.17 (7nov07)
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginmanual.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginmanual.html index ef5873fa7d8..55669eb2d3c 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginmanual.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginmanual.html @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label marginmanual</title> </head><body> <h3>How to set up page layout “by hand”</h3> -<p>So you’re eager to do it yourself, notwithstanding the cautions +<p/>So you’re eager to do it yourself, notwithstanding the cautions outlined in “<a href="FAQ-changemargin.html">changing margins</a>”. -<p>It’s important that you first start by familiarising yourself +<p/>It’s important that you first start by familiarising yourself with LaTeX’s page layout parameters. For example, see section C.5.3 of the LaTeX manual (pp. 181-182), or corresponding sections in many of the other good LaTeX manuals (see <a href="FAQ-books.html">LaTeX books</a>). -<p>LaTeX controls the page layout with a number of parameters, which +<p/>LaTeX controls the page layout with a number of parameters, which allow you to change the distance from the edges of a page to the left and top edges of your typeset text, the width and height of the text, and the placement of other text on the page. However, they are @@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ somewhat complex, and it is easy to get their interrelationships wrong when redefining the page layout. The layout package defines a <code>\</code><code>layout</code> command which draws a diagram of your existing page layout, with the dimensions (but not their interrelationships) shown. -<p>Even changing the text height and width, <code>\</code><code>textheight</code> and +<p/>Even changing the text height and width, <code>\</code><code>textheight</code> and <code>\</code><code>textwidth</code>, requires more care than you might expect: the height should be set to fit a whole number of text lines (in terms of multiples of <code>\</code><code>baselinskip</code>), and the width should be constrained by the number of characters per line, as mentioned in “<a href="FAQ-changemargin.html">changing margins</a>”. -<p>Margins are controlled by two parameters: <code>\</code><code>oddsidemargin</code> and +<p/>Margins are controlled by two parameters: <code>\</code><code>oddsidemargin</code> and <code>\</code><code>evensidemargin</code>, whose names come from the convention that odd-numbered pages appear on the right-hand side (‘recto’) of a two-page spread and even-numbered pages on the left-hand side @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ implication, from the value of <code>\</code><code>textwidth</code> and the widt paper. (In a one-sided document, which is the default in many classes, including the standard <i>article</i> and <i>report</i> classes, <code>\</code><code>oddsidemargin</code> stands for both.) -<p>The +<p/>The “origin” (the zero position) on the page is one inch from the top of the paper and one inch from the left side; positive horizontal measurements extend right across the page, and positive vertical @@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ measurements extend down the page. Thus, the parameters be set to be 1 inch less than the true margin; for margins closer to the left and top edges of the page than 1 inch, the margin parameters must be set to negative values. -<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=marginmanual">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=marginmanual</a> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=marginmanual">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=marginmanual</a> </body> |