I have to implement some strict guidelines regarding a scholarship application and plan to use the geometry package to achieve this. There is, however, one point I don't understand. The relevant points are:
- Margins must be set at a minimum of 3/4" (1.87 cm)
- Your name and student number must appear outside the set margins of the page (not in header or footer), at the top right corner of every page.
What do they mean by "outside the set margins" and their emphasis on "not in header or footer"? Isn't the header always outside the set margins of the text body?
Best Answer
Sometimes the header and/or footer might be included in the text body, and sometimes they might not be part of the text body. The following figure (taken from the documentation of the
geometry
package) shows the page layout in both cases:In your situation, the requirements specify that header and footer will not be part of the text body (to be 100% sure, you could ask to the Institution offering the scolarship).
Here's a preliminary document to be used as a starting point, using the
article
document class with the12pt
(font size) class option, thegeometry
package to design the required page layout, and thetitlesec
package to define the header/footer according to specifications: I placed the page number in the footer and centered, but you can place it whereever it is required.I also used the
mathptmx
,helvetic
andcourier
packages to give you the font combination Times/Helvetica/Courier.Un-commenting the line with the
showframe
option, you'll see frames showing the page layout.Here's the resulting document:
Another option, to definitively avoid using the header would be to use the background package. Here's a little example, using the
showframe
option forgeometry
to see the space reserved for the header:Here's the result: