% % Sample file for geometry v3.0 or later % sample.tex % %---------- Specify your paper size properly ------------------- \documentclass{article}% uses letterpaper by default %\documentclass[a4paper]{article}% for A4 paper %---------- Uncomment one of them ------------------------------ \usepackage{geometry} % \usepackage[centering]{geometry} % \usepackage[width=10cm,vscale=.7]{geometry} % \usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry} % \usepackage[margin=1cm,includeheadfoot]{geometry} % \usepackage[margin=1cm,includemp]{geometry} % \usepackage[margin=1cm,bindingoffset=1cm,twoside]{geometry} % \usepackage[hmarginratio=2:1, vmargin=2cm]{geometry} % \usepackage[hscale=0.5,twoside]{geometry} % \usepackage[hscale=0.5,asymmetric]{geometry} % \usepackage[hscale=0.5,heightrounded]{geometry} % \usepackage[left=1cm,right=4cm,top=2cm,includefoot]{geometry} % \usepackage[lines=20,left=2cm,right=6cm,top=2cm,twoside]{geometry} % \usepackage[width=15cm, marginparwidth=3cm, includemp]{geometry} % \usepackage[hdivide={1cm,,2cm}, vdivide={3cm,8in,}, nohead]{geometry} % \usepackage[headsep=20pt, head=40pt,foot=20pt,includeheadfoot]{geometry} % \usepackage[text={6in,8in}, top=2cm, left=2cm]{geometry} % \usepackage[centering,includemp,twoside,landscape]{geometry} % \usepackage[margin=2cm,mag=1414]{geometry} % \usepackage[margin=2truecm,mag=1414,truedimen]{geometry} % \usepackage[compat2,marginpar=50pt,twosideshift=50pt]{geometry} % \usepackage[a5paper, landscape, twocolumn, twoside, % left=2cm, hmarginratio=2:1, includemp, marginparwidth=43pt, % bottom=1cm, foot=.7cm, includefoot, textheight=11cm, heightrounded, % columnsep=1cm, dvips, verbose]{geometry} %--------------------------------------------------------------- \geometry{verbose,showframe,dvips}% options appended. \newcommand\mynote{\marginpar% [\raggedright\rule{\marginparwidth}{.7pt}\\A left side note.]% {\raggedright\rule{\marginparwidth}{.7pt}\\A side note.}}% \def\fox{A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. } \def\fivefoxes{\fox\fox\fox\fox\fox} \def\manyfoxes{\fivefoxes\mynote\fivefoxes\par\fivefoxes\fivefoxes\par} % \let\mynote\relax % removes marginal notes. \begin{document} \manyfoxes\manyfoxes\manyfoxes\manyfoxes \manyfoxes\manyfoxes\manyfoxes\manyfoxes \manyfoxes\manyfoxes\manyfoxes\manyfoxes \end{document}