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From: djs@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (David J. Sturman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Setting Margins in LaTEX?
Keywords: Latex, margins
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Date: 29 May 90 23:28:58 GMT
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Latex margin specifications add 1 inch to whatever you specify.
To have margins less than one inch, specify negative margins.

		\oddsidemargin -.25in
		\evensidemargin -.25in
		\textwidth 5.5in

will give you .75 inch margins on the left side of every page (and .75
inch margins on the right side as well).

This also works with top margins as well.

		\topmargin -0.25in
		\textheight 8in

To move the top margin .25 inches higher than the default.

David Sturman
Mit Media Lab