Page Layout ⇒ Letter Type Paper and A4 Type Paper appears as the same.

[aarelovich]

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:

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

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

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{abstract}
\textbf{letter}
\end{abstract}

\section{nada}
me

\end{document}

and these are the modifications I made to make it a4paper

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\documentclass[a4paper, 10pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

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

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{abstract}
\textbf{A4}
\end{abstract}

\section{nada}
me

\end{document}

The compiled pdfs are attached.

I'm using Debian with the kile interface and my compiling steps are LaTex and DVI To PDF.

Can anyone tell what am I doing wrong or what is going on?

Thank you for any help!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Ariel,

perhaps your (pdf)LaTeX compiler uses A4 as default. Try just loading geometry:

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\usepackage{geometry}

The package respects the documentclass option letterpaper.

Stefan

[php1ic]

You may need to specify the size of paper in the dvi->pdf stage.

In your examples, the page number looks lower on the a4 page than the letter, suggesting that latex is creating different page sizes, but during conversion the same size is used for both.

What command is used when converting dvi->pdf?

[aarelovich]

Yes! That worked!

Thank you very much!

[aarelovich]

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

Thank you both!

[localghost]

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Thorsten