Changing the paper size within a latex document from A4 to A3

fabfive1111

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Jul 4, 2006, 5:46:45 AM7/4/06

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Hi guys,

I want to add an fold out page (map) into my thesis. The default paper
size is A4. How do I change now for one page the paper size to A3 (or
any other format)>

Cheers
Fabian

Piet van Oostrum

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Jul 4, 2006, 9:49:46 AM7/4/06

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>>>>> "fabfive1111" <fabfi...@yahoo.de> (f) wrote:

>f> Hi guys,
>f> I want to add an fold out page (map) into my thesis. The default paper
>f> size is A4. How do I change now for one page the paper size to A3 (or
>f> any other format)>

The DVI format doesn't have the concept of paper size, so I suggest you to
go the pdflatex route. Maybe it can be done with \special for dvips also
but I am not sure dvips will obey them on the page level, rather than the
document level.

Supposing that your pdflatex configuration sets up \pdfpagewidth to the
proper value you could do something like:

\newpage
\begingroup
\advance\textwidth\pdfpagewidth
\hsize=\textwidth\linewidth=\hsize\columnwidth=\hsize
\pdfpagewidth=2\pdfpagewidth

Your wide text here.

\newpage
\endgroup

But how the printer will process it I can't predict.
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fabfive1111

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Jul 4, 2006, 10:12:58 AM7/4/06

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Thanks for the answer,
unfortunately I am not using pdflatex and do not want to use it :-(

I hoped that there is a dirty workaround, anyhow thanks for your answer

Cheers
Fabian

Ulrike Fischer

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Jul 4, 2006, 10:38:14 AM7/4/06

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"fabfive1111" <fabfi...@yahoo.de> schrieb:

What do you want to achieve? What is the output format? Should the
document be printable? How should the printer handle the a3? What
previewer are you using? How should the previewer handle the a3?

Or do you have only problems to insert the map in your document without
getting warnings?
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Robin Fairbairns

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Jul 4, 2006, 10:43:42 AM7/4/06

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Piet van Oostrum <pi...@cs.uu.nl> writes:
>>>>>> "fabfive1111" <fabfi...@yahoo.de> (f) wrote:
>
>>f> Hi guys,
>>f> I want to add an fold out page (map) into my thesis. The default paper
>>f> size is A4. How do I change now for one page the paper size to A3 (or
>>f> any other format)>
>
>The DVI format doesn't have the concept of paper size, so I suggest you to
>go the pdflatex route. Maybe it can be done with \special for dvips also
>but I am not sure dvips will obey them on the page level, rather than the
>document level.
>

>[...]

>
>But how the printer will process it I can't predict.

this is surely the real problem. i've never persuaded my printer to
change source tray in mid-document: i would be surprised if any did.

surely the best idea is to bind in a separate printing run on a3 paper?
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Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge

fabfive1111

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Jul 4, 2006, 11:04:34 AM7/4/06

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Yes you may be right,
a seperate printing run will be the best solution. I can use the pdf
format for the electronic version. There it is possible to include a
bigger sized page.

Thanks for your suggestions

Fabian