## LaTeX forum ⇒ Theses, Books, Title pages ⇒ Change thesis geometry

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alexis1704
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### Change thesis geometry

Is it possible to change the following geometry margin:
    %----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------%   MARGIN SETTINGS%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \geometry{     paper=a4paper, % Change to letterpaper for US letter     inner=2.5cm, % Inner margin     outer=3.8cm, % Outer margin     bindingoffset=2cm, % Binding offset     top=1.5cm, % Top margin     bottom=1.5cm, % Bottom margin     %showframe,% show how the type block is set on the page}

The result is very narrow and I think it should be a bit wider.
I found the margin I need from my institute and they are defined as follow using the class memoir and the following setting:
\setlrmarginsandblock{37.125mm}{*}{0.9} % The first bracket specifies the spine margin, the second the edge margin and the third the ratio of the spine to the edge. Only one or two values are required and the remaining one(s) can be a star (*) to specify it is not needed. By default the edge margin is 10% smaller and \setulmarginsandblock{37.125mm}{*}{*} % The first bracket specifies the upper margin, the second the lower margin and the third the ratio of the upper to the lower. Only one or two values are required and the remaining one(s) can be a star (*) to specify it is not needed.\setmarginnotes{17pt}{51pt}{\onelineskip} % The size of marginal notes, the three values in curly brackets are \marginparsep, \marginparwidth and \marginparpush\setheadfoot{\onelineskip}{2\onelineskip} % Sets the space available for the header and footer\setheaderspaces{*}{2\onelineskip}{*} % Sets the spacing above and below the header\setlength{\trimtop}{0pt} % Sets the spacing above the trimmed area, i.e. moved the trimmed area down the page if positive % Comment the two lines below to reverse the position of the trimmed content on the stock paper, i.e. odd pages will have content on the right side instead of the left and even pages will have content on the left side instead of the right\setlength{\trimedge}{\stockwidth}\addtolength{\trimedge}{-\paperwidth} \checkandfixthelayout % Makes sure your specifications are correct and implements them in the document

The problem is that I don't know how to set my margin equal to those because I am loading the .cls file containing the whole structure and settings instead of the class memoir. Do you know how I can change the geometry setting to have the same results of the code above?

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cgnieder
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You can inspect the actual values set by memoir with the layout package:

\documentclass[a4paper]{memoir} \setlrmarginsandblock{37.125mm}{*}{0.9}\setulmarginsandblock{37.125mm}{*}{*}\setmarginnotes{17pt}{51pt}{\onelineskip}\setheadfoot{\onelineskip}{2\onelineskip}\setheaderspaces{*}{2\onelineskip}{*}\setlength{\trimtop}{0pt} \setlength{\trimedge}{\stockwidth}\addtolength{\trimedge}{-\paperwidth} \checkandfixthelayout \usepackage{layout} \begin{document} \layout \end{document}

This gives the following values:

\oddsidemargin = 33pt\evensidemargin = 22pt\headheight = 12pt\textheight = 634pt\marginparsep = 17pt\footskip = 24pt\hoffset = 0pt\paperwidth = 597pt\topmargin = -2pt\headsep = 24pt\textwidth = 396pt\marginparwidth = 51pt\voffset = 0pt\paperheight = 845pt

The following setup with geometry gives nearly identical values:

\documentclass[twoside]{article}\usepackage{geometry} \geometry{     paper = a4paper , % Change to letterpaper for US letter     inner = \dimexpr1in+33pt\relax , % Inner margin     outer = \dimexpr1in+22pt\relax , % Outer margin     top = \dimexpr1in+12pt+24pt\relax , % Top margin     bottom = \dimexpr1in+24pt\relax, % Bottom margin     marginpar = 51pt ,     marginparsep = 17pt ,     foot = 24pt ,     headsep = 24pt} \usepackage{layout} \begin{document} \layout \end{document}

The \dimexpr ... \relax used above allows to calculate dimension expressions.

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