[texhax] Changing papersize

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 23 March 2010 Michael Barr wrote:

 > According to the Latex Companion, the following ought to give me an 8.5 x 
 > 14 inch page.
 > \documentclass[legalpaper]{article}
 > \pagestyle{plain}
 > \textheight 9in
 > \begin{document}
 > Test
 > \end{document}
 > If it did, there would be a page number visible and there isn't.  How do I 
 > change papersize?

You have to either \usepackage{geometry} or \usepackage{hyperref}.  

Both packages are using the optional argument of \documentclass and
put appropriate code into the PDF or DVI file.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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