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From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)
Subject: Re: Paper Size for Exported LaTeX
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:29:05 -1000
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Cc: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Aloha Kenneth,

Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu> writes:

>   ndokos> This may be a TeX installation default.
>
> Apparently, 'letter' is the default.
>
>   ndokos> If it is indeed the case that it is using A4 (check it with
>   ndokos> pdfinfo on linux, ...
>
> Good suggestion.  I used 'pdfinfo' on the generated PDF file and saw
> (among other output) this:
>
>     Page size:      612 x 792 pts (letter)
>
> So, I guess I need to explicitly change the L/R and top/bottom margins.
>
> Here's what I do using emacs/latex without Org:
>
>      \setlength{\textheight}{9.25in}
>      \setlength{\textwidth}{6.75in}
>      \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0in}
>      \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0in}
>      \setlength{\topmargin}{-0.6in}
>
> Can I just put the above somewhere near the beginning of my .org file?
> Or, is there a "better" way?  ;-)

If you want to achieve what you do using LaTeX without Org mode, then
this should work:

#+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\textheight}{9.25in}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\textwidth}{6.75in}
...

hth,
Tom

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