\columnsep
\columnseprule
\columnwidth
The distance between the two columns, the width of a rule between the columns, and the width of the columns, when the document class option twocolumn
is in effect (see Document class options). See \twocolumn.
\headheight
Height of the box that contains the running head. The default in the article
, report
, and book
classes is ‘12pt’, at all type sizes.
\headsep
Vertical distance between the bottom of the header line and the top of the main text. The default in the article
and report
classes is ‘25pt’. In the book
class the default is: if the document is set at 10pt then it is ‘0.25in’, and at 11pt or 12pt it is ‘0.275in’.
\footskip
Distance from the baseline of the last line of text to the baseline of the page footer. The default in the article
and report
classes is ‘30pt’. In the book
class the default is: when the type size is 10pt the default is ‘0.35in’, while at 11pt it is ‘0.38in’, and at 12pt it is ‘30pt’.
\linewidth
Width of the current line, decreased for each nested list
(see list). That is, the nominal value for \linewidth
is to equal \textwidth
but for each nested list the \linewidth
is decreased by the sum of that list’s \leftmargin
and \rightmargin
(see itemize).
\marginparpush
\marginsep
\marginparwidth
The minimum vertical space between two marginal notes, the horizontal space between the text body and the marginal notes, and the horizontal width of the notes.
Normally marginal notes appear on the outside of the page, but the declaration \reversemarginpar
changes that (and \normalmarginpar
changes it back).
The defaults for \marginparpush
in both book
and article
classes are: ‘7pt’ if the document is set at 12pt, and ‘5pt’ if the document is set at 11pt or 10pt.
For \marginsep
, in article
class the default is ‘10pt’ except if the document is set at 10pt and in two-column mode where the default is ‘11pt’.
For \marginsep
in book
class the default is ‘10pt’ in two-column mode and ‘7pt’ in one-column mode.
For \marginparwidth
in both book
and article
classes, in two-column mode the default is 60% of \paperwidth
- \textwidth
, while in one-column mode it is 50% of that distance.
\oddsidemargin
\evensidemargin
The \oddsidemargin
length is the extra distance between the left side of the page and the text’s left margin, on odd-numbered pages when the document class option twoside
is chosen and on all pages when oneside
is in effect. When twoside
is in effect, on even-numbered pages the extra distance on the left is \evensidemargin
.
LaTeX’s default is that \oddsidemargin
is 40% of the difference between \paperwidth
and \textwidth
, and \evensidemargin
is the remainder.
\paperheight
The height of the paper, as distinct from the height of the print area. Normally set with a document class option, as in \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
(see Document class options).
\paperwidth
The width of the paper, as distinct from the width of the print area. Normally set with a document class option, as in \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
(see Document class options).
\textheight
The normal vertical height of the page body. If the document is set at a nominal type size of 10pt then for an article
or report
the default is ‘43\baselineskip’, while for a book
it is ‘41\baselineskip’. At a type size of 11pt the default is ‘38\baselineskip’ for all document classes. At 12pt it is ‘36\baselineskip’ for all classes.
\textwidth
The full horizontal width of the entire page body. For an article
or report
document, the default is ‘345pt’ when the chosen type size is 10pt, the default is ‘360pt’ at 11pt, and it is ‘390pt’ at 12pt. For a book
document, the default is ‘4.5in’ at a type size of 10pt, and ‘5in’ at 11pt or 12pt.
In multi-column output, \textwidth
remains the width of the entire page body, while \columnwidth
is the width of one column (see \twocolumn).
In lists (see list), \textwidth
remains the width of the entire page body (and \columnwidth
the width of the entire column), while \linewidth
may decrease for nested lists.
Inside a minipage (see minipage) or \parbox
(see \parbox), all the width-related parameters are set to the specified width, and revert to their normal values at the end of the minipage
or \parbox
.
\hsize
This entry is included for completeness: \hsize
is the TeX primitive parameter used when text is broken into lines. It should not be used in normal LaTeX documents.
\topmargin
Space between the top of the TeX page (one inch from the top of the paper, by default) and the top of the header. The value is computed based on many other parameters: \paperheight - 2in -
\headheight - \headsep - \textheight - \footskip
, and then divided by two.
\topskip
Minimum distance between the top of the page body and the baseline of the first line of text. For the standard classes, the default is the same as the font size, e.g., ‘10pt’ at a type size of 10pt.
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