MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ '/includegraphics' changes paper size?

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This is my issue:

1) I downloaded Miktex and WinEdt software and installed them.

2) I make my first document with PdfLatex.

3) It was the usual hello world thing.

4) Changed paper from 8.5x11 to Tabloid.

5) Changed the document declaration from {report} to {landscape,report}. CABLAMO!!! 11 x 17 document format!!! Even with equations, text and etc. And used PDFLatex even!!! YEH!!!

6) Joy was short lived: I decided to use 'graphicx' so I could a JPG with /includegraphic and it worked... but my document returned to 8.5 x 11. Cant seam to get it back to 11x17!!!

I *know* there is a rodeo trick out there somewhere to make go to 11x17. Please help. I don't want to get financially butt sexxored by AD00Bie pawn shop type software. I really need to do this documentation for our company and I believe open source is the way to go.

Sincerely sad,
Rick White

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I *know* there is a rodeo trick out there somewhere to make go to 11x17. Please help. I don't want to get financially butt sexxored by AD00Bie pawn shop type software. I really need to do this documentation for our company and I believe open source is the way to go.

LOL!

I don't see why just putting your document in landscape would have changed the paper size, nor why graphicx would have changed it back, but try:

\usepackage[ansibpaper,landscape]{geometry}

for 17x11, or just

\usepackage[ansibpaper]{geometry}

for 11x17.

See the geometry documentation for more information (e.g., about setting margins).

Should work just fine with pdfLaTeX, or any other flavor of LaTeX.

If you still have trouble, please post here a full example of a minimal "Hello World" type document that is giving you problems.