Added section on page sizes

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Kenneth John Odle 2023-07-11 15:46:56 -04:00
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\LaTeX{} has various ways of formatting type: \LaTeX{} has various ways of formatting type:
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\setlength{\tabcolsep}{14pt} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{14pt}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.8} \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.4}
\noindent{}\begin{tabular}{| m{2cm} | m{4cm} | m{2cm} |} \begin{table}[H]
\centering
\caption{Font Variations\label{fontvar}}
\medskip
\noindent{}\begin{tabular}{| m{2cm} m{4cm} m{2cm} |}
\hline \hline
\textbf{Effect} & \textbf{Code} & \textbf{Example} \\ \textbf{Effect} & \textbf{Code} & \textbf{Example} \\
\hline \hline
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Sans Serif & \verb+textsf{Sans Serif}+ & \textsf{Sans Serif} \\ Sans Serif & \verb+textsf{Sans Serif}+ & \textsf{Sans Serif} \\
\hline \hline
\end{tabular} \end{tabular}
\end{table}
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\end{verbatim} \end{verbatim}
\chapter{Tables}
\chapter{Formatting Pages} \chapter{Formatting Pages}
\section{Page Size}
The usual way to define a page size is to pass it as an option to the document class:
\begin{verbatim}
\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\end{verbatim}
\noindent{}The widths and heights of the predefined page sizes in \LaTeX{} are:
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\setlength{\tabcolsep}{18pt}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.4}
\begin{table}[H]
\centering
\caption{Default Paper Sizes\label{defpapsiz}}
\medskip
\noindent{}\begin{tabular}{ m{2cm} m{2cm} m{2cm} }
\hline
\textbf{Option} & \textbf{width} & \textbf{height} \\
\hline
a4paper & 210 mm & 297 mm \\
\hline
a5paper & 148 mm & 210 mm \\
\hline
b5paper & 176 mm & 250 mm \\
\hline
letterpaper & 8.5 in & 11 in \\
\hline
legalpaper & 8.5 in & 14 in \\
\hline
executivepaper & 7.25 in & 10.5 in \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
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\section{Customizing Page Sizes Using \texttt{geometry}}
\section{Customizing Pages} \section{Customizing Pages}
\subsection{Omitting Headers and Footers on a Page} \subsection{Omitting Headers and Footers on a Page}