General ⇒ Windows batch file for compiling report

[loji]

I have created a Windows batch file to compile a report. The file is as follows:

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latex report
dvips report
ps2pdf report.ps report.pdf
pause

report.pdf is created correctly, but defaults to US letter paper. I would like a4 paper size, but don't know where and how to specify it so that report.pdf is on a4 paper.

I have tried the following but they dont work:
1. ps2pdf report.ps report.pdf -sPAPERSIZE=a4
2. set GS_OPTIONS=-sPAPERSIZE=a4 (before the ps2pdf command)

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Loji,

welcome to the board!

Which are your paper settings in the document? It's important that you

• Specify the paper size, as letter paper is the default in standard classes. Specify it as document class option such as

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  \documentclass[a4paper]{report}

  or at least as option to a page layout package such as geometry.
• Especially if you don't use pdfLaTeX but compile to DVI first, load a package which is capable of setting PDF sizes via DVI \special, such as geometry or hyperref.

Stefan