[Tex/LaTex] Changing the paper size

paper-size

I have been using the currvita.tex template located here with TeXShop. Unfortunately, the output is not 8.5" by 11". Is there some way I can change either TeXShop settings or the TeX document to adjust the page size?

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The template uses the KOMA documentclass scrartcl. You can switch to letter paper by replacing the first line with

\documentclass[letterpaper]{scrartcl}

You will probably have to play around with the layout as it is optimized for a4 pages.

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[Tex/LaTex] Setting default paper size

For the scrartcl class and others in this family, the default is not to set the paper size infomation in the output file, just to set the LaTeX lengths; under pdflatex the output file then gets the dimensions of the system default. This can be changed by adding the option pagesize to the documentclass. For example, choosing a non-standard size:

\documentclass[paper=b5,pagesize,DIV=12,twoside]{scrartcl}

\begin{document}
Test.
\end{document}

the viewer reports that the pdf is 17.6x25.0cm, whereas without pagesize on my system it is 21.0x29.7cm (I need to close my viewer between file changes to see a reported change of information).

If you want to move this pagesize setting out of the file, not sure that is a good thing, then you can create a typearea.cfg containing

\KOMAoptions{pagesize}

placed either in the current directory of the project, or in the local texmf tree (where will be picked up by all your scrartcl documents).

[Tex/LaTex] Change paper size in winedt

To get letter paper try this:

\paperwidth=8.5in
\paperheight=11in
\usepackage{graphicx}

which should work with most engines/drivers.

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