LyX ⇒ View Page Dimensions

[insipidtoast]

The page layout makes it easy to specify the dimensions of the page, but how do I know what the default margins are?

I want to add pictures that maintain their aspect ratio based on how wide the page is from margin to margin. On a 6in×9in page it looks like 4.5in is the maximum width of a picture before it goes into the margins. But, how can I be sure?

Is there a better way (better unit of measurement) to measure margins and the width of pictures?

[localghost]

You can use the layout package to display all relevant page and paper dimensions.


Thorsten

[insipidtoast]

Does that package also give me the pixel measurements of the page, so that I know how to crop and resize my images to fit them perfectly within the margins?

(My JPEGs are only measured in pixels when I view their properties)

[localghost]

No. The primary unit in TeX is pt (postscript point). The relation between postscript point and pixel is 0.75 (or 1.333 respectively).

[insipidtoast]

Uggh - That's too much math!

[insipidtoast]

I loaded the layout package in the Latex preamble, but I still don't see how I'm supposed to view all the dimensions of the margins, page, etc.

So then I took a look at this from the link you provided:

"The package defines a command \layout, which will show a summary of the layout of the current document. "

I also entered \layout in the preamble, then in the text, then in both, and every time it gave me an error.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

and every time it gave me an error.

It would be good if you would tell us the error message, each time you get an error. Otherwise it's hard to guess.

Stefan

[insipidtoast]

Oh I guess I just left out a space between the ERT and the next word in my document.

It just doesn't work to enter \layout in the preamble

Don't worry about it though.

Thanks for your help