Page Layout ⇒ Need PDF page size to be A5

[shannon]

Hi,

I am using Kile 2.0 to create a book that needs to be printed on A5 paper. When I create the PDF (Latex->dvitops->PDF) I get a PDF that is A4, Portrait (8.26 x 11.69 inch) rather than the A5 5.85 x 8.26 inch that I need. I'm a bit of a novice, but I believe that the PDF is produced by GPL Ghostscript 8.63.

I've tried having both

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\documentclass[a5paper,10pt]{book}

and

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\documentclass[a5paper,10pt]{book}
\usepackage{geometry}

in the preamble. But neither produces the PDF I need. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum...I searched around but couldn't find anything quite like this inquiry elsewhere.

Thanks,
Shannon

[frabjous]

Try:

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\documentclass[10pt]{book}
\usepackage[a5paper]{geometry}

Also, is there a reason you need to go through DVI > PS > PDF rather than just using pdfLaTeX?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I would expect that if geometry receives the class option a5paper.
Shannon, you could check also the paper format of the dvi and ps output to figure out at which point the problem occurs (LaTeX, dvips or ps2pdf).

Stefan

[shannon]

Thanks guys,

I added the following line and it seems to be working, the PDF properties have the right size:

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\documentclass[a5paper,10pt]{book}
\special{papersize=5.85in,8.26in}

When I tried

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\documentclass[10pt]{book}
\usepackage[a5paper]{geometry}

it didn't seem to work. The PDF remained A4 and the wrong size.

Thanks,
Shannon

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Shannon,

I can see your checkmark symbol on the last post of this thread, fine. Note, to mark the whole thread as solved, the very first post has to be edited choosing the checkmark. Then the checkmark is visible in the forum overview showing it's solved.

Stefan