
			  G E O M E T R Y

		Geometry Package v2.2 (1999/10/07)
		CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry
		Copyright (C) 1996-1999 Hideo Umeki
		Distributed under the terms of LPPL

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 Abstract
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This package provides an easy and flexible user interface to
customize page layout. It implements auto-centering and auto-balancing
mechanisms so that the users have only to give the least description
for the page layout. For example, if you want to set each margin 2cm
without header space, what you need is just
\usepackage[margin=2cm,nohead]{geometry}.

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 Files
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README		this file
geometry.ins	installation script
geometry.dtx	documentation and code for geometry.{sty,cfg}
gtest.tex	test file
showframe.sty	style file for gtest.tex

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 Installation
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1) latex geometry.ins
	to get `geometry.sty' and `geometry.cfg'.
	
2) Edit `geometry.cfg' if you need to set your default options.
	The default paper size in article.cls is letterpaper. 
	So if you want to use A4 paper by default, you need to add
	  \ExecuteOptions{a4paper}
	in geometry.cfg.

3) latex geometry.dtx
	to get the package document `geometry.dvi'.
	You need to latex it three times to get correct cross references.

4) latex gtest.tex
	and preview or printout the resulted gtest.dvi to check 
	if the package works well. The test file contains several
	examples for page geometry. 
	Before checking geometry package, I would strongly recommend
	to `latex testpage' and print testpage.dvi with your printer
	to see if the printer margins are properly set.

4) Install geometry.{sty,cfg} where TeX can find them.

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 Changes
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You can find the change log in geometry.dtx.
See the document geometry.dvi for details.

