> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 19:02:04 -0400 (AST)
> From: Pantelis Andreou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> how can I change the default paper size from A4 to letter?
TeX's default is something like letter size paper and 1 inch margins
on all sides.
Music normally requires a lot of space. So there would be not too
much music on one page. So I propose to minimize the margins to
10 mm, which is enough for most printers to ensure that all pixels
can be printed.
To have a universal format for both letter and a4 size paper one
may use the (smaller) width of a4 (210mm) and the (smaller) heigth
of letter (279mm).
In TeX with 10mm margins on all sides (1inch = 25.4mm):
\hoffset=-15.4mm\voffset=-15.4mm\hsize=190mm\vsize=259mm
If you want a footline you may have to reduce \vsize e.g.
\advance\vsize-12pt or \advance\vsize-24pt
If you use instruments with multiple voices MusiXTeX adds a "piano
bracket" left of the staffs. This can be compensated by
\advance\hoffset 3mm\advance\hsize-3mm
If you use PMX you may do the same by
\\hoffset=-15.4mm\voffset=-15.4mm\
w190m
h259m
With footline
h251m
With pianobrackets
\\hoffset=-12.4mm
w187m
For M-Tx this looks similar.
Hope this hilft -- Werner
