On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having some minor problems with my margin settings. In the preamble I
> have the following line to make my document 1in margins throughout for
> letter size paper:
> \usepackage[letterpaper,hmargin=1in,vmargin=1in]{geometry}
>
> However, when I export to PDF using dvipdfm I get pages that are closer to
> A4. I read online that it may be necessary to pass the option "-p letter"
> to dvipdfm. Is there a way to do this from Lyx or is there another work
> around? Thank you.
>
> Adrian
>
The Document Settings default uses the geometry package (no need to
use the Preamble). Have you tried using the document settings?
1) Document->Settings->Page Layout->Paper Size->US letter.
2) Document->Settings->Page Margins->(Set as desired)
Cheers,
/Bob