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From: akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Margins and VMS/Unix TeX
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Date: 27 Nov 88 18:33:41 GMT
References: <1988Nov27.014959.26521@radio.astro.astro.utoronto.ca>
Reply-To: akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker)
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Plain TeX has \hsize=6.5in and \vsize=8.9in.  This gives you a 1.0in
top, left and right margins.

So, if you are using plain TeX and you don't fool around with \voffset
or \hoffset, your text should start one inch from the top left corner
of the page.

Look up the TeXBook chapter on output routines or look up plain.tex to see
more details.


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