FYI ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ken Kopelson <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:55 PM Subject: Re: PDF Page Size To: racoon <[email protected]>
Thank you SO MUCH Daniel! Your suggestion fixed the problem for me, and it works beautifully now! Many thanks again, *Ken Kopelson* On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 12:20 PM racoon <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems that your class is based on the memoir class. It might be that > the settings in Document > Settings > Page Layout which use the geometry > package are not working well with that class. Unfortunately, I have > never worked with the memoir class. From a little reading in the memoir > class documentation > (https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf > ), > I gathered that you might try to add > > \setstocksize{9in}{6in} > > in Document > Settings > Preamble. Does that help? > > Daniel > > > On 2021-10-14 20:24, Ken Kopelson wrote: > > Thanks Daniel. It seems to have something to do with the inserted > > image. I'm using the LyXBook class, which I've also included with this > > small test file. I use the Layout as a local in the same directory as > > the .lyx file. > > > > -Ken > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 7:04 AM Daniel <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 13/10/2021 22:37, Ken Kopelson wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > I am really hoping that one of you brilliant people can answer > this > > > question concerning page size for PDFs. > > > > > > First, this is concerning the latest LyX (2.3.6.1), along with the > > > latest MiKTeK (21.6/7) on Windows 10. I use LyX on both MacOS, > > and on > > > Windows. It is the Windows version that fails to do the right > thing. > > > > > > When I set a page size using the MacOS LyX, (using the > > > document->settings->Page Layout) to something like 9 inches > > height x 6 > > > inches width, and then export the document to PDF, it produces a > > > document that is the dimensions I requested, and all PDF viewers > > show it > > > correctly. > > > > > > Then, if I do the exact same thing in the Windows version, and > > export > > > the document to PDF, it produces a document that is Letter Size > > (8.5" x > > > 11"), regardless of the settings in the Page Layout. > > > > > > This creates quite a problem, and makes it impossible to make an > > eBook > > > PDF. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug that needs to > > be fixed? > > > > > > Many thanks for your time in answering my question. > > > Ken Kopelson > > > > Seems to work fine here on Windows (though I am using TeX Live). Mind > > sending a document that where it does not work for you? > > > > Daniel > > > > -- > > lyx-users mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users > > <http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users> > > >
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