Page Layout ⇒ margins

[trnbvn]

Can someone please tell me what are the default margin sizes in report class [12pt]?

I'm having trouble adjusting the margins. I want to have page with left=1.5in, right=1in, top=bottom=1in. I tried {geometry} as in the following simple codes

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\documentclass{12pt]{report}
\usepackage[left=1.5in, right=1.0in, top=1.0in, bottom=1.0in]{geometry}
\begin{document}
text......
\end{document}

I printed it out on a letter paper (8.5in x 11 in). The left and right margins are OK, but the top and bottom are not as specified in the command; indeed the top margin is about 1.65in, and the bottom margin is about 1.38in. Can someone teach me what is happening here? Is that because of the paper sizes?

-trnbvn

[gmedina]

Can someone please tell me what are the default margin sizes in report class [12pt]?

You can get a summary of the layout of the current document by using the \layout command provided by the layout package:

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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{layout}

\begin{document}

\layout

\end{document}

You can introduce the margin changes and see their effect:

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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[left=1.5in, right=1.0in, top=1.0in, bottom=1.0in]{geometry}
\usepackage{layout}

\begin{document}

\layout

\end{document}