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

[Alain Schremmer]

On Jan 17, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

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> On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
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>> On Jan 17, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>>> On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> 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
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>>>
>>> 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
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>
> Howdy,
>
> Does that mean I got it right?

You sure did!

Regards
--schremmer