[OS X TeX] Re : Stupid question about the tabular environment

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> On Jan 17, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Note here.
>>> Whether with \makebox[\textwidth][c] or with \makebox[0pt][c] the  
>>> left margin is about 6mm and the right margin is about 15mm.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> --schremmer
>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Well... I'll bet that you are not adding the
>>
>> \usepackage{geometry}
>>
>> and your default paper is letterpaper rather than a4paper. The use  
>> of the a4paper option to the document class will tell LaTeX how to  
>> adjust textwidth, etc., but will not tell pdflatex that the actual  
>> paper size is a4paper. The geometry package adds the proper  
>> commands to pdflatex so the paper size is adjusted properly.
>
> How much were we betting? On letterpaper it is perfect!
>
> Respectful regards
> --schremmer


Howdy,

Does that mean I got it right?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)