Page Layout ⇒ 6x9 inch pdf?

[dorien]

Hello,

For the book I am publishing, the printer wants a pdf of 6x9 inch. I see two ways of getting this:

• shrink the pdf after LaTeX compiled it (advantage is that the ebook is in the a4 or letter size, which is ideal)
• let pdftex generate a file of 6x9 directly

How would I accomplish option number 2? I already tried;

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\setlength{\pdfpagewidth}{6in}
\setlength{\pdfpageheight}{9in}

It had no effect...

What is your advice on this? I guess the TeX system specifies a default page size somewhere.

[dorien]

Ok,

After pondering a whole night before posting, I found the solution withing 2 minutes after doing it... Be sure to put the commands inside the document tags... oh no...

Ok. So the page is smaller. But now the text goes outside of the page. Setting the seperate margins causes a big mess:

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  \setlength\topmargin{0.5in}
  \setlength\headheight{0.5in}
  \setlength\headsep{0.2in}
  \setlength\textheight{7.6in}
  \setlength\textwidth{5in}
   \setlength\oddsidemargin{0.5in}
   \setlength\evensidemargin{0.5in}

Solution, one command:

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\usepackage[margin=1in, paperwidth=6in, paperheight=9in]{geometry}