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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label papergeom</title>
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<h3>Getting the right paper geometry from (La)TeX</h3>
-<p/>If your output is the wrong size, and you&rsquo;ve checked that it&rsquo;s not due
+<p/>If your output is the wrong size, and you&#8217;ve checked that it&#8217;s not due
to the <a href="FAQ-acroantics.html">ministrations of Adobe <i>Reader</i></a>,
the problem is probably that your (La)TeX system is producing output
that specifies the wrong paper size. Paper sizes can be a pain:
-they&rsquo;re a forgotten backwater &mdash; Knuth seems not to have considered
+they&#8217;re a forgotten backwater &#8212; Knuth seems not to have considered
paper size as something the TeX engine needs to know about. As a
result, there is no DVI command to specify the paper on which
the document should be printed, which has led a dichotomy where macros
-shape the text according to the needs of the author&rsquo;s chosen paper
-size, and device drivers&rsquo; choice happens independently of the macros&rsquo;
+shape the text according to the needs of the author&#8217;s chosen paper
+size, and device drivers&#8217; choice happens independently of the macros&#8217;
ideas.
<p/>In practice, one usually finds that macro packages (such as Plain TeX and
-LaTeX) assume American &ldquo;letter&rdquo; paper size, by default; and since
+LaTeX) assume American &#8220;letter&#8221; paper size, by default; and since
most distributions nowadays originate in Europe, the drivers usually
-default to ISO &ldquo;A4&rdquo; paper size.
+default to ISO &#8220;A4&#8221; paper size.
<p/>This is (of course) pretty unsatisfactory. Users may select a
different paper size for their document (current LaTeX offers a
range of sizes as options in the standard classes), pretty easily.
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ paper size the document was designed for.
<p/>The default paper size for DVI drivers may be changed by a
distribution management command (<i>texconfig</i> for TeX Live,
the <i>Options</i> application for MiKTeX), but this still
-doesn&rsquo;t provide for people using the &ldquo;wrong&rdquo; sort of paper for some
+doesn&#8217;t provide for people using the &#8220;wrong&#8221; sort of paper for some
reason.
-<p/>A different issue arises for users of PDFTeX &mdash; the
+<p/>A different issue arises for users of PDFTeX &#8212; the
PDF format <em>does</em> have the means of expressing paper size
and PDFTeX has system variables <code>\</code><code>pdfpagewidth</code> and
<code>\</code><code>pdfpageheight</code>, that are written into the output PDF file.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ typeset page areas), also takes notice the size of the paper that the
document is going to be printed on, and can issue the commands
necessary to ensure the correct size of paper is used. If
<i>geometry</i> is used when a document is being processed by
-PDFLaTeX, it can set the necessary dimensions &ldquo;in the output&rdquo;.
+PDFLaTeX, it can set the necessary dimensions &#8220;in the output&#8221;.
If the document is being processed by LaTeX on a TeX or e-TeX
engine, there are package options which instruct <i>geometry</i>
which <code>\</code><code>special</code> commands to use. (Note that the options are
@@ -58,23 +58,23 @@ ignored if you are using either PDFLaTeX or VTeX.)
</pre>
</blockquote><p>
(where <code>dvixxx</code> is your current favourite DVI
-driver &mdash; <i>geometry</i> knows about <code>dvips</code> and
+driver &#8212; <i>geometry</i> knows about <code>dvips</code> and
<code>dvipdfm</code>), and the document will run correctly with
-LaTeX. If you&rsquo;re using PDFLaTeX, load with
+LaTeX. If you&#8217;re using PDFLaTeX, load with
<blockquote>
<pre>
\usepackage[pdftex,...]{geometry}
</pre>
</blockquote><p>
-<p/>Needless to say, both the &ldquo;big&rdquo; classes (<i>koma-script</i> and
+<p/>Needless to say, both the &#8220;big&#8221; classes (<i>koma-script</i> and
<i>memoir</i>) provide their own ways to get the paper size
-&ldquo;right&rdquo;.
+&#8220;right&#8221;.
<p/>The <i>typearea</i> package is the <i>Koma-script</i>
-distribution&rsquo;s way of providing page layout functionality. Load it
+distribution&#8217;s way of providing page layout functionality. Load it
with the <code>pagesize</code> option and it will ensure the correct
paper is selected, for PDF output from PDFLaTeX, and for
PostScript output from LaTeX via <i>dvips</i>.
-<p/><i>Memoir</i> has the standard classes&rsquo; paper-size selections
+<p/><i>Memoir</i> has the standard classes&#8217; paper-size selections
(<code>a4paper</code>, <code>letterpaper</code> and so on), but also
permits the user to choose an arbitrary paper size, by setting the
length registers <code>\</code><code>stockheight</code> and <code>\</code><code>stockwidth</code>. The commands
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ output that specifies the necessary paper size.
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>geometry.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/geometry.zip">macros/latex/contrib/geometry</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/geometry/">browse the directory</a>)
<dt><tt><i>memoir.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip">macros/latex/contrib/memoir</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>typearea.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.zip">macros/latex/contrib/koma-script</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>typearea.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.zip">macros/latex/contrib/koma-script</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/typearea.html">catalogue entry</a>
</dl>
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=papergeom">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=papergeom</a>
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