General ⇒ Margin Size and Columns

[jay_k]

Hey guys I'm completely new to LaTeX and have been trying to get my head around WinEdt lately. I have a few questions

1. How can I decrease the margin and header size of documents in WinEdt? Right now when I convert my documents to pdf (click the "PDF Texify button" )they have huge margins, headers and footers (so lots of white space around the side). I'm guessing this is by default but I would like to reduce this white space.

2. Is it possible to have columns in Latex without using the "beamer" class? Like maybe some command in the default "article" class.

Thanks for any help you guys can provide.

[localghost]

1. How can I decrease the margin and header size of documents in WinEdt? Right now when I convert my documents to pdf (click the "PDF Texify button" )they have huge margins, headers and footers (so lots of white space around the side). I'm guessing this is by default but I would like to reduce this white space.

Take a look at the geometry package to customize page dimensions. The documentation will show you what to do.

2. Is it possible to have columns in Latex without using the "beamer" class? Like maybe some command in the default "article" class.

Columns can be created with parallel or parcolumns. As usual the documentations will give detailed information.

In case of further questions, feel free to ask.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹

[jay_k]

Ah thanks alot I've got it working now.

I've used

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\usepackage[a2paper,landscape]{geometry} 
\geometry{top=1mm, bottom=1mm, left=1mm, right=1mm}

To get the right page setup.

And

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\usepackage{parcolumns}
\setlength{\parindent}{0cm}
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\begin{parcolumns}{2}
\colchunk{Column 1 text here}
\colchunk{Column 2 text here}

To get the columns