Fwd: PDF Page Size

[Ken Kopelson]

FYI
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From: Ken Kopelson <kenbkop at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: PDF Page Size
To: racoon <xracoonx at gmx.de>


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 <xracoonx at gmx.de> 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 <xracoonx at gmx.de
> > <mailto:xracoonx at gmx.de>> 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
> >
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