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Added «ratio» and explanatory note to paper sizes table

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Kenneth John Odle 2023-10-29 12:01:08 -04:00
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@ -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}}