From 00ddaa6302b1f7d74581472c800025064350613e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Odle Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2023 12:01:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Added=20=C2=ABratio=C2=BB=20and=20explanatory?= =?UTF-8?q?=20note=20to=20paper=20sizes=20table?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- lbol.tex | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/lbol.tex b/lbol.tex index 1f7072f..6f57f93 100644 --- a/lbol.tex +++ b/lbol.tex @@ -498,25 +498,27 @@ The usual way to define a page size is to pass it as an option to the document c \centering \caption{Default Paper Sizes\label{defpapsiz}} \medskip -\noindent{}\begin{tabular}{ m{2cm} m{2cm} m{2cm} } +\noindent{}\begin{tabular}{ m{2cm} m{1.5cm} m{1.5cm} m{1.5cm} } \hline - \textbf{Option} & \textbf{width} & \textbf{height} \\ + \textbf{Option} & \textbf{Width} & \textbf{Height} & \textbf{Ratio\footnotemark} \\ \hline - a4paper & 210 mm & 297 mm \\ + a4paper & 210 mm & 297 mm & 1.4\\ \hline - a5paper & 148 mm & 210 mm \\ + a5paper & 148 mm & 210 mm & 1.4\\ \hline - b5paper & 176 mm & 250 mm \\ + b5paper & 176 mm & 250 mm & 1.4 \\ \hline - letterpaper & 8.5 in & 11 in \\ + letterpaper & 8.5 in & 11 in & 1.30\\ \hline - legalpaper & 8.5 in & 14 in \\ + legalpaper & 8.5 in & 14 in & 1.64 \\ \hline - executivepaper & 7.25 in & 10.5 in \\ + executivepaper & 7.25 in & 10.5 in & 1.45 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table} +\footnotetext{I have included the ratio, because you can see how metric sizes are related. The United States really needs to get its shit together and adopt the metric system. There is not a printer or a filing cabinet available that cannot handle metric sized paper.} + \bigskip \section{Customizing Page Sizes Using \texttt{geometry}}