[OS X TeX] changing textwidth within the document

[Claus Gerhardt]

Type the introduction in the parbox

\hskip -8mm\parbox{1.11429\linewidth}
{.............}

Maybe you have to adjust the parameters; of course \linewidth should  
be 7cm.

Claus
On May 27, 2006, at 11:42, Sergei Mariev wrote:

> Der all,
>
> I need to change the dimensions of the text block area within my  
> document. The introduction should be 86 mm wide and the text part  
> only 70 mm. I have fixed the textblock in the preamble by  
> specifiyng \settypeblocksize{36\onelineskip}{8.6cm}{*}\fixpdflayout  
> After the introduction I want to change the textwidth to 7cm. Just  
> typing \setlength{\textwidth}{7cm} does not really work: it does  
> change the length of the headings after this point, but the width  
> of the printed block continues to be 86 mm. Increasing the size of  
> the margins with \setlength{\evensidemargin} etc. does not have any  
> effect either... What do I have to do?
>
> The memman has an enigmatic phrase in this regard (p. 234): "It is  
> possible to implement this layout [i.e. a different one -S.M.] just  
> for this chapter but I'm not going to tell you either how to do it,  
> or demonstrate it.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Sergei Mariev
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