General ⇒ set left margin

[sonjadaniela]

hi!
i am just starting to get familiar with lyx and i want to write my CV with it!
the problem is, that the left margin is set so huge so that there is not a lot of splace left to put all the information (i am using a table)
is there a way to set the leftmargin myself with latex? or is there any option in lyx??
thanks for your help!

[gmedina]

Hi,

The geometry package provides an easy way to customise the page layout. For example, if you want to set each margin to 1,5cm without header space, all you need is

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\usepackage[margin=1.5cm,nohead]{geometry}

Refer to the User's manual to see all the options it offers.

Since you are writing a CV you could be interested in the modernCV document class.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

with LyX you could open the Document Menu and choose Settings. There you will find the item Page Margins and you could change the margins there.

Stefan

[sonjadaniela]

i followed the last advice and it worked very quick!
but thanks to both!!