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LaTeX Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   LaTeX Beginner's Guide When there‚Äôs a scientific or technical paper to write, the versatility of LaTeX is very attractive. But where can you learn about the software? The answer is this superb beginner‚Äôs guide, packed with examples and explanations.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847199867
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

LaTeX
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Started with LaTeX FREE CHAPTER 2. Formatting Words, Lines, and Paragraphs 3. Designing Pages 4. Creating Lists 5. Creating Tables and Inserting Pictures 6. Cross-Referencing 7. Listing Content and References 8. Typing Math Formulas 9. Using Fonts 10. Developing Large Documents 11. Enhancing Your Documents Further 12. Troubleshooting 13. Using Online Resources Pop Quiz Answers Index

Time for action – specifying margins


We shall load the geometry package and state the exact width and height of all margins.

  1. Extend the preamble of the previous example with this command:

    \usepackage[a4paper, inner=1.5cm, outer=3cm, top=2cm,
    bottom=3cm, bindingoffset=1cm]{geometry}
  2. Typeset and examine the margins:

What just happened?

We loaded another package with the name geometry. This package takes care of our layout regarding the paper size, margins, and more dimensions. We chose A4 paper size, an outer margin of 3 cm, and an inner margin of just 1.5 cm, remembering that the two inner margins will be perceived as one space when the two-sided book is opened. We stated the top and the bottom margin. At last, we specified a value of 1 cm for the binding correction. We need the inner margins to be wider because we expect to lose this space later because of the binding like gluing or stapling.

Using the geometry package

In the early days of LaTeX, it was common to manipulate the layout dimensions...

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