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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label marginpkgs</title>
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<h3>Packages to set up page designs</h3>
<p/>The &#8216;ultimate&#8217; tool for adjusting the dimensions and position of the
printed material on the page is the <i>geometry</i> package; a very
wide range of adjustments of the layout may be relatively
straightforwardly programmed, and package documentation is good and
comprehensive.
<p/>As is usual, users of the <i>memoir</i> class have built-in
facilities for this task, and users of the <i>KOMA-script</i> classes
are recommended to use an alternative package, <i>typearea</i>.  In
either case it is difficult to argue that users should go for
<i>geometry</i>: both alternatives are good.
<p/>The documentation of <i>geometry</i> is a bit overwhelming, and
learning all its capabilities may be more than you ever need.
Somewhat simpler to use is the <i>vmargin</i> package, which has a
canned set of paper sizes (a superset of that provided in LaTeX2e),
provision for custom paper, margin adjustments and provision for
two-sided printing.
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<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>KOMA script bundle</i></tt><dd><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>layout.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools.zip">macros/latex/required/tools</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/layout.html">catalogue entry</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>); <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/typearea.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>vmargin.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/vmargin.zip">macros/latex/contrib/vmargin</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/vmargin/">browse the directory</a>)
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