Iam having trouble making my text evenly distribute over the entire width of the page
\oddsidemargin -0.3in
\evensidemargin -0.3in
\textwidth 7.3in
\textheight 9in
\begin{multicols}{2}
my text
\end{multicols}
my right side margin is larger than left margin.
Best Answer
\oddsidemargin
is used on odd numbered pages and\evensidemargin
is used on even numbered pages; neither of those is directly setting the right margin. To center your text with a\textwidth
equal to 7.3 inches on paper that's 8.5inches wide, you should useThat sets the left margin to be 1 inch minus 0.4 inches, which is 0.6 inches. That 0.6 inches plus 7.3 inches for text leaves you a right margin of 0.6 inches.