[Tex/LaTex] Change page margins in LyX

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I use LyX 2.1, and I want to change the margins of a document as follows:

Top and bottom: 2.5
Right: 2
Left: 3

How can I do this?

Thanks.

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Go to Document --> Settings --> Page Margins, uncheck the box at the top for Default margins, and modify the values to suit your needs.

The Inner and Outer margin correspond to left and right margins respectively for one-sided documents, such as the default article. For two-sided documents (e.g. book) the inner margin is that closest to the spine of the book, so the left margin on odd-numbered pages, and the right margin on even-numbered pages.

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Things to check for the smaller error:

Is the PDF paper size the same as your printer paper size? In Adobe Reader, you can check with the Document Properties, or mouse over the lower left corner of the window to check.
Does the PDF get scaled when you print it out on paper, or is it printed at its original size? Check your PDF viewer's print dialog for that one.
When you check the margins with an on-screen PDF, did you set the viewer's zoom level such that the width of the PDF on-screen is identical to the width of your paper size? For example, on some of our screens, a zoom of 82% results in an 8.5 inch wide page on screen, and then we can use a ruler to gauge if margins or other measurements are correct. If the zoom level is different, the ruler measurements have to be scaled accordingly.

For the larger error, you're probably failing to account for the height of a page header in addition to the regular margin.

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Add includefoot to the keywords for geometry:

\usepackage[paperwidth=8.5in,paperheight=11.0in,
  left=1.5in,right=1.0in,top=1.0in,bottom=1.0in,
  includefoot,heightrounded]{geometry}

Adding also heightrounded is better, although it could slightly modify the top or bottom margin, because it ensures that an integer number of lines fits the text block.

Not that having those margins makes for a good layout, of course. But I understand that you can have some requirements to satisfy.

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