geometrymargins
I'm using package geometry to specify global document margins:
\usepackage[scale=0.82, top=1.5cm, bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
But I have a piece of information that I would like to add on first page on the bottom and somehow override margin limitations set by geometry package. Easiest way to say thing that I want achieve: I want to place text on bottom margin (below these 2.5cm).
Using the geometry package it is possible to switch your layout mid-document using the \newgeometry{<settings>} macro. We first set up the initial layout of the title page (1in on all four sides) when the package is loaded
\usepackage[showframe,paper=a4paper,margin=1in]{geometry}% http://ctan.org/pkg/geometry
and then change this after the title page using
\newgeometry{top=1in,bottom=1in,right=0.5in,left=1.5in}
Here is the complete MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[showframe,paper=a4paper,margin=1in]{geometry}% http://ctan.org/pkg/geometry
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\author{Somebody Important}
\title{Something just as important}
\maketitle
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{titlepage}
\newgeometry{top=1in,bottom=1in,right=0.5in,left=1.5in}
\section{First section} \lipsum[1-4]
\section{Second section} \lipsum[5-8]
\section{Third section} \lipsum[9-12]
\section{Last section} \lipsum[13-16]
\end{document}
lipsum provides dummy text, while the showframe option to geometry merely frames the page to highlight the layout of the text block and other areas.
The MWE triggers a warning:
Package Fancyhdr Warning: \headheight is too small (10.0pt):
Make it at least 13.59999pt.
We now make it that large for the rest of the document.
This may cause the page layout to be inconsistent, however.
If you update the value of headheight to 13.6pt, you should get your margins.
Some nit-picking:
Top margin:
Package fancyhdr adds a \strut, its height is usually 0.7\baselineskip, a little higher than the letters A to Z and a to z. Thus the header could be moved a little bit (1.9158pt) to the top:
\newlength{\corrlength}
\settoheight{\dimen0 }{Header}
\settoheight{\dimen2 }{\strut}
\corrlength=\dimexpr \dimen2 - \dimen0\relax
\ifdim\corrlength<0pt
\setlength{\corrlength}{0pt}%
\fi
\typeout{* \string\corrlength=\the\corrlength}
\usepackage[
top=\dimexpr 1.5cm - \corrlength\relax,
hmargin=1.5cm,
bottom=1.5cm,
includeheadfoot,
headheight=13.6pt,
headsep=10pt,
]{geometry}
Bottom margin: The bottom margin is measured from the bottom of the page to the base line of the footer. If there are letters in the footer with descenders (g, p,), then footer line could be corrected in a similar way as the header, by increasing the bottom margin by the depth of these letters.
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{pagegrid}
\pagegridsetup{top-left}
\newlength{\corrlength}
\settoheight{\dimen0 }{Header}
\settoheight{\dimen2 }{\strut}
\corrlength=\dimexpr \dimen2 - \dimen0\relax
\ifdim\corrlength<0pt
\setlength{\corrlength}{0pt}%
\fi
\typeout{* \string\corrlength=\the\corrlength}
\usepackage[
top=\dimexpr 1.5cm - \corrlength\relax,
hmargin=1.5cm,
bottom=1.5cm,
includeheadfoot,
headheight=13.6pt,
headsep=10pt,
]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyhead[C]{Header}
\fancyfoot[C]{Footer}
\begin{document}
TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd
TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd
TESTd TESTd TESTdTESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd
TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd
TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd TESTd
\end{document}
The image shows the 15mm at the top of "Header":
Best Answer
I suggest using the package textpos. With the optional parameter
absolute, you can positioning the extra text precisely at the place where you want it to be. It is a robust package, with lot of options and posibilities. I have included a MWE (the\blindtext-package produces dummy text):