Fwd: PDF Page Size

[Daniel]

On 15/10/2021 13:07, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
> On 15/10/2021 07:57, Ken Kopelson wrote:
>> FYI
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: *Ken Kopelson* <kenbkop at gmail.com <mailto:kenbkop at gmail.com>>
>> Date: Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: PDF Page Size
>> To: racoon <xracoonx at gmx.de <mailto: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 
>> <mailto: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
> [...]
> 
> 
> Ken,
> 
> the answer is obvious, don't use Windows :-)-O
> 
> 
> But, I don't think it has anything to do with LyX but rather is a LaTeX
> issue, and guessing of setting a default page size installation wide.
> 
> The LeX Live Manager app on the Mac has the option
> 
>     Configure --> Change Paper Size
> 
> which is the default for all documents if nothing else is specified, in
> a document, which then overrides.
> 
> I have no clue what MikTeX Windows does and whether it allows override.
> Could be set with admin privilege or some other issue.
> 
> What is the LyXBook class? Or if it refers to the layout, where did you
> get it from?
> 
> I find Koma Script much better and easier that memoir and have switched
> some years ago. That may be opinion, but try it out :-)-O
> 
> el 

But you saw the other solution that worked, right?

Daniel