Letterpaper

[José Carlos Santos]

Hi all,

If I compile this file with PDFLaTeX (under MiKTeX 2.7):

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
The article under review contains a proof of the fact that
$2+2=4$. However, not only the statement is well-known as,
furthermore, to proof is flawed.
\end{document}

I get (not surprisingly) an A4 size document. However, if

    a4paper

is replaced by

   letterpaper

I still get an A4 size document. Why is that?

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos

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[Ulrike Fischer-2]

am Sonntag, 27. Juli 2008 um 18:55 schrieb José Carlos Santos:

> Hi all,

> If I compile this file with PDFLaTeX (under MiKTeX 2.7):

> \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
> \begin{document}
> The article under review contains a proof of the fact that
> $2+2=4$. However, not only the statement is well-known as,
> furthermore, to proof is flawed.
> \end{document}

> I get (not surprisingly) an A4 size document. However, if

>     a4paper

> is replaced by

>    letterpaper

> I still get an A4 size document. Why is that?


Because the letterpaper option only set TeX-variables but don't set
pdf page size. (article.cls is much to old to know about pdf).

Either set \pdfpagewidth and \pdfpageheight manually or use
\usepackage[dvips]{geometry} (Yes, dvips is okay even with pdflatex).

Newer classes like the KOMA-classes or memoir have options to set the
pagesize, e.g.:

\documentclass[letterpaper, pagesize]{scrbook}

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[José Carlos Santos]

On 27-07-2008 18:02, Ulrike Fischer wrote:

>> If I compile this file with PDFLaTeX (under MiKTeX 2.7):
>
>> \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
>> \begin{document}
>> The article under review contains a proof of the fact that
>> $2+2=4$. However, not only the statement is well-known as,
>> furthermore, to proof is flawed.
>> \end{document}
>
>> I get (not surprisingly) an A4 size document. However, if
>
>>     a4paper
>
>> is replaced by
>
>>    letterpaper
>
>> I still get an A4 size document. Why is that?
>
>
> Because the letterpaper option only set TeX-variables but don't set
> pdf page size. (article.cls is much to old to know about pdf).

Are you sure that that's the only problem? I don't think so, because I
get exactly the same text with both options. But with the letterpaper
option I should get longer lines together with a smaller number of
lines than with the a4paper option, right?! However, I see no
difference.

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos

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[Ulrike Fischer-2]

am Sonntag, 27. Juli 2008 um 19:13 schrieb José Carlos Santos:



> Are you sure that that's the only problem?

Yes.

> I don't think so, because I
> get exactly the same text with both options. But with the letterpaper
> option I should get longer lines together with a smaller number of
> lines than with the a4paper option, right?!

No. \textwidth is the same for a4paper and letterpaper. But
\textheight changes (a4 paper is a bit longer):

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\showthe\textwidth
\showthe\textheight
\begin{document}
\lipsum
\end{document}

If you want a class that adapts the textbody better to the surrounding
paper look at the newer classes.

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[José Carlos Santos]

On 27-07-2008 18:33, Ulrike Fischer wrote:

>> Are you sure that that's the only problem?
>
> Yes.
>
>> I don't think so, because I
>> get exactly the same text with both options. But with the letterpaper
>> option I should get longer lines together with a smaller number of
>> lines than with the a4paper option, right?!
>
> No. \textwidth is the same for a4paper and letterpaper. But
> \textheight changes (a4 paper is a bit longer):
>
> \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
> \usepackage{lipsum}
> \showthe\textwidth
> \showthe\textheight
> \begin{document}
> \lipsum
> \end{document}
>
> If you want a class that adapts the textbody better to the surrounding
> paper look at the newer classes.

Got it. Thanks a lot.

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos

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