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by pfjorgeo
Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: margin sizes
Replies: 11
Views: 21394

margin sizes

Hello. If you can't make it with the geometry package, you can try this LaTeX primitive commands:

\documentclass[...]{...}
\setlength{\textwidth}{15cm} %Sets the width of the printable area of the page to 15cm
\setlength{\topmargin}{0cm} %Space from the toprule to the top of the text (first line ...
by pfjorgeo
Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Changing default zoom when generating PDF file?
Replies: 4
Views: 15070

Re: Changing default zoom when generating PDF file?

You're right. I read it just before I posted my reply... Sorry :oops:
by pfjorgeo
Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Changing default zoom when generating PDF file?
Replies: 4
Views: 15070

Re: Changing default zoom when generating PDF file?

Hello, if you're using the hyperref package, you have to use the option pdfstartview:

\usepackage[pdfstartview=FitH]{hyperref}

where FitH is for "Fit Horizontal". The problem with hyperref is that the default pdfstartview is FitPage (I don't remember if this is really the actual command). Remember ...
by pfjorgeo
Fri May 11, 2007 2:37 am
Forum: Document Classes
Topic: Documentclass: change from oneside mode to twoside
Replies: 3
Views: 21579

Re: Documentclass: change from oneside mode to twoside

Hi. I guess it's a little late for an answer, but here it is in case you still need it.

All you need is to use the MULTICOL package:

\usepackage{multicol}

and, when you need to change from 1 column to ### columns you write:

\begin{multicols}{###}
...
\end{multicols}

where ### is the number of ...
by pfjorgeo
Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Rotating tables
Replies: 8
Views: 103155

Re: Rotating tables

Hello. When using the "rotating" package, try

\begin{sidewaystable}[!htbp]
\begin{tabular}...
...
\end{tabular}
\caption{...}
\end{sidewaystable}

That code works when compiling LaTeX => PDF (i.e., using PDFTeX directly) or LaTeX => PS => PDF (using PDFTeX through PostScript). I don't know if it ...
by pfjorgeo
Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Too long lines with fancyvrb and Verbatim frame
Replies: 7
Views: 17607

Too long lines with fancyvrb and Verbatim frame

You can try with

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\begin{minipage}[c]{5cm}
\begin{Verbatim}...
...
\end{Verbatim}
\end{minipage}
where {5cm} is the desired width, remember not to try a width greater than \textwidth (approximately 12.4cm when working with the default margins of LaTeX).