This is the header of a TeX file that I'm currently using:
\documentclass{article}
\topmargin -0.5in
\textheight 9in
\oddsidemargin 0in
\evensidemargin 0in
\textwidth 6.4in
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\large
Is it good practice to write \topmargin -0.5in
, \oddsidemargin 0in
, and \evensidemargin 0in
? I find that these help me get the right margins, but I'm not sure if it's a "correct" way to do it.
Best Answer
I would use package
geometry
or classes like KOMA-Script or memoir to get good looking margins.With
geometry
you can use for exampleto get a left margin of 3cm and a right margin of 4cm on a A4 paper. This is much more easy as to calculate it by your own ...
KOMA-Script has an build-in algorithm to calculate a proper type area depending on the choosen font size. So with
KOMA-Script builds a proper double sided type setting for you.
For more information please have a look in the guide for KOMA-Script (
texdoc scrguien.pdf
).