Re: paper size problems!

J. Brandon Laflen <blaflen <at> purdue.edu> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to change the paper size by way of the following
>> construct:
>>
>> \documentclass{paper}
>>
>> \setlength{\paperwidth}{30in}
>> \setlength{\paperheight}{40in}
>> \special{papersize=30in,40in}%
>>
>> \begin{document}
>>    THIS IS A TEST
>> \end{document}
>>
>> Whether I use pdflatex OR latex, the resulting page is still 8.5x11!
>> Is there any way to enforce the paper size on such a simple example?!

I think it's better to rely on the geometry package, which allows setting
these dimensions through easy options.

Greetings,
Arnout Standaert

Re: Downloading some but not all the files?

Thanks Olli!

Daniel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Olli J. Marttila" <olli.marttila <at> kolumbus.fi>
To: <miktex <at> dsts.dk>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX]: Downloading some but not all the files?

> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex/setup/i
> nstall.html
>
> Olli J. Marttila
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Royer" <daniel <at> royer.ch>
> To: <miktex <at> dsts.dk>
> Sent: 31. heinäkuuta 2002 15:39
> Subject: [MiKTeX]: Downloading some but not all the files?
>
>
> | I need to download the files for the large version of
> MikTex on a computer
> | with a fast connection, to install it on another computer.
> | Is there a way to download only the files necessary for
> "large"?
> |
> | I know I can scan "large.html" for the necessary files and
> mark them one by
> | one. I'd rather have a less painful procedure. Besides,

RE: paper size problems!

Have a look at package "a0poster".

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Brandon Laflen [mailto:blaflen <at> purdue.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 17:05
To: miktex <at> dsts.dk
Subject: [MiKTeX]: paper size problems!

Hello,

I am trying to change the paper size by way of the following construct:

\documentclass{paper}

\setlength{\paperwidth}{30in}
\setlength{\paperheight}{40in}
\special{papersize=30in,40in}%

\begin{document}
   THIS IS A TEST
\end{document}

Whether I use pdflatex OR latex, the resulting page is still 8.5x11!  Is
there any way to enforce the paper size on such a simple example?!

Thanks,
Brandon
blaflen <at> purdue.edu

Re: paper size problems!

Hi Brandon,

I use the following to make a poster;

\documentclass[20pt]{foils}
\setlength\paperwidth{48in}
\setlength\paperheight{36in}
\setlength\voffset{0in}
\setlength\oddsidemargin{0.75in}
\setlength\textwidth{44.5in}
\setlength\textheight{34in}
\setlength\footskip{0.3in}
%\special{papersize=48in,36in} % for dvips
\pdfpagewidth=48in % for pdflatex
\pdfpageheight=36in % for pdflatex

I used the Foiltex package to get larger fonts. I don't know if there could be a problem with 
paper class (I've never heard of it before).

Cheers,
Mike

On 31 Jul 2002 at 16:05, J. Brandon Laflen wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to change the paper size by way of the following construct:
> 
> \documentclass{paper}
> 

RE: paper size problems!

At 08:57 AM 8/1/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Have a look at package "a0poster".

most people use geometry

>-----Original Message-----
>From: J. Brandon Laflen [mailto:blaflen <at> purdue.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 17:05
>To: miktex <at> dsts.dk
>Subject: [MiKTeX]: paper size problems!
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I am trying to change the paper size by way of the following construct:
>
>\documentclass{paper}
>
>\setlength{\paperwidth}{30in}
>\setlength{\paperheight}{40in}
>\special{papersize=30in,40in}%
>
>\begin{document}
>    THIS IS A TEST
>\end{document}
>
>
>Whether I use pdflatex OR latex, the resulting page is still 8.5x11!  Is
>there any way to enforce the paper size on such a simple example?!
>

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MiKTeX-Users: A new mailing list

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continue to manage the MiKTeX mailing list.  Claus and me agreed, that I
take over as list admin.

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Need help with table!

Hello all!

I have just taken up making tables with LaTeX and I am stuck... I want to
create a table like the following:

------------------------------
| Text   | Formula | Formula |
------------------------------
| Text...|     Formula       |
| ...Text|     Formula       |
|        |     Formula       |
------------------------------
| Text   | Formula | Formula |
------------------------------

The point is, I want the second and third column of the second row to be a
multicolumn _and_ I want three formulas in there, which I want to be centered.

It took me quite some time to get to a result that is halfway what I want,
by using multicolumn{p{width}|}, which, according to my Latex Book (Kopka) is
not an available option, and \centerline to center each formula (see below
for what I have done). The problem is: I get an ugly empty line below the third
formula.

Using the {center} environment is not an option as it puts additional space
above and below the formulas.
Using multicolumn{c} is not an option since all formulas get centered in one
line, but I want a seperate line for each formula and the \newline comand or
an empty line for a new paragraph don't seem to work.

I have seen workaround where people would just define a table-row for each
formula, but I find that very inconvenient as I would have to manually split
up the text before the three formulas. Furthermore, when resizing the columns
width or changing the text before the formulas I would have to do a lot of
try and error to get a decent layout again.

Anybody with a good idea how to solve this problem? Thanks a lot in advance.

Here is what I did so far:

\begin{tabular}{|p{9em}|p{9em}|p{12em}|}
  \hline
  Text&
  $Formula$ &
  $Formula$
\\
  \hline
  Text...       ...Text&
  \multicolumn{2}{p{21em}|}{
   \centerline{$Formula$}
   \centerline{$Formula$}
   \centerline{$Formula$}}
\\
  \hline
  Text&
  $Formula$ &
  $Formula$
\\
  \hline
\end{tabular}

Kai.

--

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Re: Need help with table!

At 07:04 PM 8/2/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello all!
>
>I have just taken up making tables with LaTeX and I am stuck... I want to
>create a table like the following:
>
>------------------------------
>| Text   | Formula | Formula |
>------------------------------
>| Text...|     Formula       |
>| ...Text|     Formula       |
>|        |     Formula       |
>------------------------------
>| Text   | Formula | Formula |
>------------------------------
>
>The point is, I want the second and third column of the second row to be a
>multicolumn _and_ I want three formulas in there, which I want to be centered.
>
>It took me quite some time to get to a result that is halfway what I want,
>by using multicolumn{p{width}|}, which, according to my Latex Book (Kopka) is
>not an available option, and \centerline to center each formula (see below
>for what I have done). The problem is: I get an ugly empty line below the 
>third
>formula.

you should be able to
\multicolumn{c}{2}{\parbox[t]{2in}{crap stuff blather }}

Within the parbox you can do other things

>Using the {center} environment is not an option as it puts additional space
>above and below the formulas.
>Using multicolumn{c} is not an option since all formulas get centered in one
>line, but I want a seperate line for each formula and the \newline comand or
>an empty line for a new paragraph don't seem to work.
>
>I have seen workaround where people would just define a table-row for each
>formula, but I find that very inconvenient as I would have to manually split
>up the text before the three formulas. Furthermore, when resizing the columns
>width or changing the text before the formulas I would have to do a lot of
>try and error to get a decent layout again.
>
>Anybody with a good idea how to solve this problem? Thanks a lot in advance.
>
>Here is what I did so far:
>
>\begin{tabular}{|p{9em}|p{9em}|p{12em}|}
>   \hline
>   Text&
>   $Formula$ &
>   $Formula$
>\\
>   \hline
>   Text...       ...Text&
>   \multicolumn{2}{p{21em}|}{
>    \centerline{$Formula$}
>    \centerline{$Formula$}
>    \centerline{$Formula$}}
>\\
>   \hline
>   Text&
>   $Formula$ &
>   $Formula$
>\\
>   \hline
>\end{tabular}
>
>Kai.
>
>--
>GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet.
>http://www.gmx.net

Re: Need help with table!

"Kai Stukenbrock" <Kai.Stukenbrock <at> gmx.de> wrote:
>
> I have just taken up making tables with LaTeX and I am stuck... I want to
> create a table like the following:
>
> ------------------------------
> | Text   | Formula | Formula |
> ------------------------------
> | Text...|     Formula       |
> | ...Text|     Formula       |
> |        |     Formula       |
> ------------------------------
> | Text   | Formula | Formula |
> ------------------------------
>
> The point is, I want the second and third column of the second row to be a
> multicolumn _and_ I want three formulas in there, which I want to be
centered.

    A Plain TeX solution follows:

\def\horbar{\noalign{\hrule}}
\centerline{\vbox{
\halign{\strut\vrule\ #\hfil\ \vrule&\ \hfil #\hfil\ \vrule&\ \hfil #\hfil\
\vrule\cr
\horbar
Text1 & $F_1$ & $F_2$\cr
\horbar
Text2 & \multispan2{\hfil $F_3$\hfil\vrule}\cr
Text3 & \multispan2{\hfil $F_4$\hfil\vrule}\cr
Text4 & \multispan2{\hfil $F_5$\hfil\vrule}\cr
\horbar
Text5 & $F_6$ & $F_7$\cr
\horbar}}}

    -- Christopher Heckman