[OS X TeX] Landscape mode?

[David Derbes]

Thanks, everyone! The \usepackage{geometry} fixed the problem.

Best wishes,
David Derbes

On Mar 3, 2005, at 5:15, Will Robertson wrote:

> On 3 Mar 2005, at 9:35 PM, Maarten Sneep wrote:
>
>> On 3 mrt 2005, at 11:42, David Derbes wrote:
>>
>>> I discovered that landscape mode simply doesn't work with my setup.
>>
>> It does work for me, but I use a slightly different trick:
>>
>> \documentclass[10pt,landscape]{article}
>> \usepackage{geometry} % it should pick up the landscape option 
>> automatically
>
> The problem is that TeX doesn't understand page sizes and just puts 
> words where you tell it. When pdfTeX came along it needed explicit 
> instructions to tell it how big the pages were, and by then the 
> standard LaTeX classes were long written in stone.
>
> As Maarten replied, the way to rectify the situation is to use the 
> geometry package. Even if it doesn't do anything to change the page 
> layout, it sets the necessary lengths so that the pdf turns out the 
> correct size.
>
> Will
>
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