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I want to clarify that using the geometry line is what worked. When I answered php1ic's reply was not shown.

Thank you both!

Yes! That worked!

Thank you very much!

Hello I'm not new to latex but for the first time today I was required to create a document that used US Letter type paper and not my typical A4.

This an example code for letter:

\documentclass[letterpaper, 10pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

%opening
\title{Test}
\author{me}

\begin ...

Hi:

My name is Ariel Arelovich, a grad student from argentina and I use latex a lot for my work. But there are somethings that just scape my google searches so I thought I'd join the community to provide help and be helped.

Nice meeting you!