From: jdavidboyd@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd)
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: setting left margin in PDF output of ORG file
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 08:23:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0tc1twk2saj.fsf@www1.g9.pair.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87sip1tb5l.fsf@Rainer.invalid
Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> writes:
> J. David Boyd writes:
>> However, how do I get rid of the huge left and right and top and bottom
>> margins? I like my PDFs to have no more than .75" top, bottom, left and
>> right.
>>
>> I've looked through all the latex, org-latex, org-beamer variables I can
>> find with customize-apropos, but not having any luck.
>
> The scr* family of LaTeX packages (aka KOMA-Script) allow you to change the
> margins with the DIV argument. Depending on the base font size, something
> like DIV13 or even DIV15 might give result closer to your goal, but .75"
> margins are definitely reader-unfriendly (yes, journals do that all the
> time, but it's still no good).
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.
Why "reader-unfriendly"?
I prefer to print with .75" margins, gives me plenty of whitespace on the
edges for hole punching and notes. .5" is too dense on the paper, and 1"
leaves me feeling like I've used up a forest.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-26 12:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-23 14:48 setting left margin in PDF output of ORG file J. David Boyd
2014-04-23 14:54 ` Bastien
2014-04-23 16:59 ` J. David Boyd
2014-04-23 17:41 ` John Hendy
2014-04-23 18:24 ` J. David Boyd
2014-04-23 17:47 ` Nick Dokos
2014-04-23 18:25 ` J. David Boyd
2014-04-24 10:29 ` Michael Strey
2014-04-25 19:01 ` John Hendy
2014-04-25 19:31 ` Martin Schöön
2014-04-25 19:51 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-04-25 19:57 ` Martin Schöön
2014-04-28 13:58 ` Michael Strey
2014-04-28 23:13 ` John Hendy
2014-04-28 23:23 ` John Hendy
2014-04-29 0:06 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-04-29 2:47 ` John Hendy
2014-04-25 20:19 ` Achim Gratz
2014-04-26 12:23 ` J. David Boyd [this message]
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