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S_David
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Hello,

How to control the margins of a page from the left, right, top, and bottom?

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Stefan Kottwitz
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Hi,

I recommend to use the geometry package, follow the link to get the documentation or use texdoc, type

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texdoc geometry
on the command line on your computer.
geometry provides a flexible interface to customize the page layout including the margins.

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S_David
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Thanks for replying. But how to use this package? and How to apply a specific margins for a specific page, i.e.: not global setting?

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S_David wrote:[...] But how to use this package? [...]
That's explained in the geometry manual which you can access like Stefan already described.
S_David wrote:[...] How to apply a specific margins for a specific page, i.e.: not global setting? [...]
Try the package in combination with gmeometric.

Note that changing the layout of a single page distorts the total appearance of the document. If you would describe what you are aiming at, there may be alternative solutions.


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S_David
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localghost wrote:
S_David wrote:[...] But how to use this package? [...]
That's explained in the geometry manual which you can access like Stefan already described.
S_David wrote:[...] How to apply a specific margins for a specific page, i.e.: not global setting? [...]
Try the package in combination with gmeometric.

Note that changing the layout of a single page distorts the total appearance of the document. If you would describe what you are aiming at, there may be alternative solutions.


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Thorsten
I want the top margin in the cover page to be 5 cm, while in all other pages 2.5 cm.

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S_David wrote:I want the top margin in the cover page to be 5 cm, while in all other pages 2.5 cm. [...]
All right, then. Nothing special. The manuals of the above mentioned packages show explicitly how to do that.
S_David
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localghost wrote:
S_David wrote:I want the top margin in the cover page to be 5 cm, while in all other pages 2.5 cm. [...]
All right, then. Nothing special. The manuals of the above mentioned packages show explicitly how to do that.
Ok, I will search the manual for that. I think it is straightforward, but I don't know how.

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damanafshan
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Post by damanafshan »

you can use \vspace*{5cm}.
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