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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginmanual.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginmanual.html index 55669eb2d3c..01b829b4be1 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginmanual.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-marginmanual.html @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ <head> <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 +<h3>How to set up page layout “by hand”</h3> +<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 -with LaTeX’s page layout parameters. For example, see section C.5.3 of the + outlined in “<a href="FAQ-changemargin.html">changing margins</a>”. +<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 @@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ layout, with the dimensions (but not their interrelationships) shown. 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>”. +“<a href="FAQ-changemargin.html">changing margins</a>”. <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 +odd-numbered pages appear on the right-hand side (‘recto’) of a two-page spread and even-numbered pages on the left-hand side -(‘verso’). Both parameters actually refer to the left-hand margin of +(‘verso’). Both parameters actually refer to the left-hand margin of the relevant pages; in each case the right-hand margin is specified by implication, from the value of <code>\</code><code>textwidth</code> and the width of the 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 -“origin” (the zero position) on the page is one inch from the top of +“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 measurements extend down the page. Thus, the parameters |