General ⇒ Customizing margins in thesis

[totototo1]

Hi;
I have a problem while writing my thesis. There is a regulation for our dept which says:
"The thesis must be submitted on letter-size paper, 8.5 x 11 inches. It must be double spaced, in a standard
type face, with a 1.5 inch (3.81 cm) left hand margin and a 1 inch (2.54 cm) margin at the top, bottom and
right."

I am using a style file which is designed for this purpose but it is not working. The name of this file is cuthesis.sty.

The main file is latex1.tex and the body is latex2.tex
All these files have been added. Any help is appreciated.

[totototo1]

Hi;
anyone could you please help me of what I posted before. I need a help.


Thanks in advance

[localghost]

[…] I am using a style file which is designed for this purpose but it is not working. The name of this file is cuthesis.sty. […]

Which part doesn't work? I can compile your example document without any errors, but a few warnings about missing font shapes and some over- or underfull hboxes. For creating longer text parts you can use the blindtext package.

[totototo1]

Hi;
yes there are no errors but the problem in the margins. The style file is not giving the same margins as requested mentioned above. I do not know why.

Thanks in advance.

[totototo1]

Hi;
please as I mentioned before I have difficulties in the margins and I am using the style file to fit the requirements mentioned above so please anyone expert answer me. I tried all I have.


Regards

[localghost]

[…] There is a regulation for our dept which says:
"The thesis must be submitted on letter-size paper, 8.5 x 11 inches. It must be double spaced, in a standard
type face, with a 1.5 inch (3.81 cm) left hand margin and a 1 inch (2.54 cm) margin at the top, bottom and
right." […]

If these are the demands, then why do i find this strange code in the cuthesis.sty file?

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\oddsidemargin 0.5in \evensidemargin 0.5in
\marginparwidth 40pt \marginparsep 10pt
%\topmargin 0pt \headsep .5in                 % no longer acceptable
%\textheight 8.1in \textwidth 6in             % no longer acceptable
\topmargin 0in \headsep 0in                   % -0.1 topmargin
\textheight 8.75in \textwidth 6in             % 9in textheight

When i deactivate these lines (by setting them as a comment), the margins are set to default. So the settings could be made by external packages like the geometry package.

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\usepackage[left=1.5in,top=1in,right=1in,bottom=1in]{geometry}

But the result is exactly the same as if using the settings from cuthesis.sty, which shows me that these are the right ones. But on my (german) system (MiKTeX 2.6), the default settings for compiling to PS are for A4 paper. When I compile directly with pdflatex, it seems that i get the right paper size and the right margins (displayed in Adobe Reader 8.1). But i can't verify that on my printer, because i only have A4 paper in reserve. I put the result in the attachment so you can verify on your own. You should check the settings of your LaTeX system (you did not mention which you use), especially when compiling to PS. So, for me everything seems to work fine.

[totototo1]

Hi;
I checked with the document you gave me using 'A4' and 'letter' as a layout but it did not work. I think it is something very silly but I have to fix it. My Miketex is 2.4 and I am using Acrobat 7. I am not using the ps , I am using latex to pdf. As you said the geometry package gives the same as the style file. If there are some settings I have to fix please let me know.


Thanks in advance

[countbela666]

Hi,

My Miketex is 2.4 and I am using Acrobat 7. I

even if it does not solve the problem: MiKTeX 2.4 is obsolete and no longer supported. You should update to MiKTeX 2.6.

Regards
Marcel

[totototo1]

Hi;
I can not change the version since the university has the license for 2.4 so I can not update it.
Please any suggestions for the margins.
Regards