G E O M E T R Y

		Geometry Package v2.3 (1999/06/28)
		CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry
		Copyright (C) 1996-2000 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
geometry-a4.pdf		ready-to-print package document (A4-paper PDF)

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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.
	('geometry-a4.pdf' was made from the `geomery.dvi'.)

4) latex gtest.tex
	and preview or printout the resulted gtest.dvi to check 
	if the package works well.  Make sure to adapt gtest.tex to
        the paper size you use (default: A4 paper).
	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.
        The test file contains several examples for page geometry. 

5) Install geometry.sty and geometry.cfg if necessary 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.