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From: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang)
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Subject: Re: Help with TeX page formatting (modified repost).
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Date: 3 Apr 91 17:19:29 GMT
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In article <10710@rls.UUCP> randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith) writes:
* (Please forgive this modified repeat.  I lost my feed temporarily
*  but still cannot read posts to this newsgroup.  Please e-mail.)
* 
* I wish to use nearly all the whitespace on a page in a document.  That
* means, about 1/4" white space on the top, bottom, right and left of the
* page.  TeX forces some page spacing which I have been unable to exert
* control over. 
* 
* 		+---------------+		+---------------+
* 		| xxxxxxxxxxxxx |		|		|
* 		| xxxxxxxxxxxxx |		|   xxxxxxxxx	|
* 		| xxxxxxxxxxxxx |		|   xxxxxxxxx	|
*      do this;	| xxxxxxxxxxxxx |   not this;	|   xxxxxxxxx	|
* 		| xxxxxxxxxxxxx |		|   xxxxxxxxx	|
* 		| xxxxxxxxxxxxx |		|   xxxxxxxxx	|
* 		| xxxxxxxxxxxxx |		|		|
* 		+---------------+		+---------------+

I think the answer is simpler than the question itself.
For horizontal part, do this:

\hoffset=-x in
\hsize= (orginal hsize) plus 2x (why 2 * x ?)

For example:

\hoffset=-0.5 in
\hsize=7.5 in (The default \hsize=6.5 in)

For vertical part, do the same thing with

\voffset and \vsize. 

Please let me if I miss your point.
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