[Tex/LaTex] How to change the margins for only part of the text

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Sometimes the margins need to be changed for a particular page, paragraph, or other section of text. For example, if I'm writing a letter and want the left margin to be almost at the right side of the page for the four lines of my address, or if I am combining prose with poetry and want the poems to be indented relative to the rest of the work.

What is the best way to change both left and right margins on the fly?

Best Answer

There are several packages available on CTAN to do this. changepage looks promising but you can find other alternatives by searching for "margins" or "changepage" on ctan search.

With the changepage package, you can use the adjustwidth environment as follows:

\begin{adjustwidth}{left amount}{right amount}
\lipsum[2]
\end{adjustwidth}

For example, to remove 100pt from the margin on both sides, you would use

\begin{adjustwidth}{100pt}{100pt}
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