General ⇒ getting the margins correct: Simple Margins

[yaami]

Hi all,

I'm using the simplemargins.sty(http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/anim ... argins.sty). I've followed http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/pages/view ... plemargins and set the margins in my document as follows:

Code: Select all

\usepackage{simplemargins}
\setleftmargin{1.5in}
\setrightmargin{1.0in}
\settopmargin{1.25in}
\setbottommargin{1.25in}

I need left margin=1.5in, right margin=1.0in, top margin = 1.25in, and bottom margin=1.25in in my document (raggedright).

When I use the above code all margins are about the right size but the bottom margin is not consistent. It is sometimes very large and leaves lot of space at the bottom.
And gets it correct sometimes.

So how do I get the margins correctly (consistently)through out the document. Is there some package that can be used to get the margins correctly with the above specifications.

Thanks.

[frabjous]

Instead of using the simplemargins package, you could try the (much more up to date) geometry package (which you probably already have installed):

Code: Select all

\usepackage[top=1.25in,bottom=1.25in,left=1.5in,right=1in]{geometry}

I don't know if that'll be any better. I couldn't actually duplicate your problem with simplemargins.sty. A minimal working example to test with would be helpful.

[yaami]

Thanks for the reply. The thing is the bottom margins are not consistent like shown in the attached figures. The oval shape shows the bottom margin. The sizes are 3.5in, 2.25in, 1.75in respectively (also shown in the file comment). The larger margins are observed when the next page has a new section or has a figure. but the normal pages with continuing sections show 1.75 in bottom margins.

Hope this clears what my problem is. And how do I correct this.

Thanks

[frabjous]

The screencaps are useless. I understood your verbal description, but I need to be able to recreate the problem with source code if there's any chance I could provide any help. Please read the link I gave you about minimal working examples.

Does the geometry package do any better.

[yaami]

frabjous, thanks for your reply. This is my thesis which I'm working on. I'm not sure if I can provide the tex files, because the results are also submitted in a conference. I'm providing the page which has only the include chapter statements. I know this might be useless.

Also the geometry package seems to be working good, it is a lot better than the simple margins. Thanks for suggesting the package. I'll work on this some more and try to get it right.

Thanks a lot again.

[frabjous]

As you guessed, that doesn't do much good. See the Post on Avoidable Mistakes. But if the geometry package works out, then perhaps it doesn't matter.

If problems persist, do consider constructing a minimal working example -- if you can't share the actual text of your document (which is understandable) you can use packages like lipsum and blindtext to replace the actual text of your chapters with fake text, and create fake diagrams that just happen to be the same size as the ones you're using.