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Sometimes the margins need to be changed for a particular page, paragraph, or other section of text. For example, if I'm writing a letter and want the left margin to be almost at the right side of the page for the four lines of my address, or if I am combining prose with poetry and want the poems to be indented relative to the rest of the work.

What is the best way to change both left and right margins on the fly?

indentation

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Sometimes the margins need to be changed for a particular page, paragraph, or other section of text. For example, if I'm writing a letter and want the left margin to be almost at the right side of the page for the four lines of my address, or if I am combining prose with poetry and want the poems to be indented relative to the rest of the work.

What is the best way to change both left and right margins on the fly?

indentation

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Sometimes the margins need to be changed for a particular page, paragraph, or other section of text. For example, if I'm writing a letter and want the left margin to be almost at the right side of the page for the four lines of my address, or if I am combining prose with poetry and want the poems to be indented relative to the rest of the work.

What is the best way to change both left and right margins on the fly?

indentation

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There are several packages available on CTAN to do this. changepage looks promising but you can find other alternatives by searching for "margins" or "changepage" on ctan search.

With the changepage package, you can use the adjustwidth environment as follows:

begin{adjustwidth}{left amount}{right amount}

lipsum[2]

end{adjustwidth}

For example, to remove 100pt from the margin on both sides, you would use

begin{adjustwidth}{100pt}{100pt}

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answered Jul 29 '10 at 17:34

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  changepage seems to do just what I'm after, through the begin{adjustwidth}{left change length}{right change length} environment. Thanks!
  
  – Michael Underwood
  Jul 29 '10 at 17:49
  

  
  
  
  


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  A little more specifically, begin{adjustwidth}{50pt}{-200pt} XXX end{adjustwidth} adds 50pt to the left margin and subtracts 200pt from the right margin.
  
  – Kenny LJ
  May 14 '18 at 5:20
  

  
  
  
  

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Here is how you can do it. Put the following in the preamble (before begin{document})

defchangemargin#1#2{list{}{rightmargin#2leftmargin#1}item[]}

letendchangemargin=endlist 

then in the text you can use

begin{changemargin}{<arg>}{<arg>} 

end{changemargin} 

where <arg> is the distance you want to include on the margin (the first one defines the right-hand side margin, and the second defines the left-hand side one).

So, for example, to add 0.5 cm to the margins on either side, you would have:

begin{changemargin}{0.5cm}{0.5cm} 

%your text here  

end{changemargin}

This is exactly how the command

begin{quote}

end{quote}

is defined, but with the set to 1cm. The command quote can be used without having to load any packages, by the way.

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  Thanks Vivi. I take it you mean "where <arg> is the distance...", right? Are there any advantages to this version over using a package such as changepage?
  
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  @Michael: Sorry, because of html the <arg> was not showing (though it was written). About the advantages over changepage, I really don't know. I have never used changepage and didn't even know it existed. I guess I need to try it out :) Have you tried the package yet? Is it good and straightforward?
  
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  Jul 30 '10 at 22:39
  

  
  
  
  


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  I haven't used it for a specific purpose yet, but was able to figure out how to do what I asked for and test it out within minutes of seeing David's suggestion. Some advantages claimed in the documentation that I haven't tested are: Correctly identifying left- and right-side pages if they are different; working inside floats; being able to change the top and bottom margins as well as left and right.
  
  – Michael Underwood
  Jul 30 '10 at 22:58
  

  
  
  
  


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  This is a very elegant solution. Works perfectly, even inside a float (which is where i needed it).
  
  – Trevor
  Oct 22 '12 at 22:17
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  The command dont works if you use it with a long text running across pages in a document definided with not equals inner and outer margins.
  
  – Raffaele Santoro
  Dec 28 '13 at 3:44
  

  
  
  
  

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With either one of the KOMA-Script classes or the package scrextend (which is part of KOMA-Script), you can use the addmargin environment.

documentclass{article}



usepackage{scrextend}



usepackage[english]{babel}

usepackage{blindtext}



begin{document}



blindtext



% Syntax: begin{addmargin}[<left indentation>]{<indentation>}

begin{addmargin}[4em]{1em}

blindtext

end{addmargin}



blindtext



end{document}

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  N.B. If used within an enumerated environment, this will remove the enumeration, i.e. you can't use it to adjust the margin of enumerated items.
  
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what about the narrower (TeX?) command? Is it ok to use even though it does not offer a very precise control?

documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

usepackage[a4paper,top=3.5cm,bottom=3cm,left=3.6cm,right=3.6cm]{geometry}

usepackage{lipsum}

begin{document}

lipsum[4]

{narrowerlipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

{narrowernarrowernarrower lipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

end{document}

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  narrower will indent the text by one parindent. For more precise control one can also use hskip 10pt etc. Of course is ok if you only want to indent once. narrowernarrower will indent both left and right.
  
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It might not answer the question directly, but:

There is a letter class:

documentclass{letter}

for writing letters.

And for verse there is a package called...wait for it...verse:

usepackage{verse}

As I said, it doesn't answer the specific question, but it might solve the two applications you want the solution for.

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Earlier versions of the geometry package did not allow to change the margins inside the document. The package gmeometric could help then.

Today geometry supports changing the margin inside the document by its commands newgeometry{...} accepting the same key=value arguments and by restoregeometry, see the manual of the current package version.

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36

There are several packages available on CTAN to do this. changepage looks promising but you can find other alternatives by searching for "margins" or "changepage" on ctan search.

With the changepage package, you can use the adjustwidth environment as follows:

begin{adjustwidth}{left amount}{right amount}

lipsum[2]

end{adjustwidth}

For example, to remove 100pt from the margin on both sides, you would use

begin{adjustwidth}{100pt}{100pt}

share|improve this answer

edited 36 secs ago

inavda

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answered Jul 29 '10 at 17:34

David ZDavid Z

8,37013956

• 
  
  
  

  
  7
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  changepage seems to do just what I'm after, through the begin{adjustwidth}{left change length}{right change length} environment. Thanks!
  
  – Michael Underwood
  Jul 29 '10 at 17:49
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  A little more specifically, begin{adjustwidth}{50pt}{-200pt} XXX end{adjustwidth} adds 50pt to the left margin and subtracts 200pt from the right margin.
  
  – Kenny LJ
  May 14 '18 at 5:20
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

36

There are several packages available on CTAN to do this. changepage looks promising but you can find other alternatives by searching for "margins" or "changepage" on ctan search.

With the changepage package, you can use the adjustwidth environment as follows:

begin{adjustwidth}{left amount}{right amount}

lipsum[2]

end{adjustwidth}

For example, to remove 100pt from the margin on both sides, you would use

begin{adjustwidth}{100pt}{100pt}

share|improve this answer

edited 36 secs ago

inavda

3

answered Jul 29 '10 at 17:34

David ZDavid Z

8,37013956

• 
  
  
  

  
  7
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  changepage seems to do just what I'm after, through the begin{adjustwidth}{left change length}{right change length} environment. Thanks!
  
  – Michael Underwood
  Jul 29 '10 at 17:49
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  A little more specifically, begin{adjustwidth}{50pt}{-200pt} XXX end{adjustwidth} adds 50pt to the left margin and subtracts 200pt from the right margin.
  
  – Kenny LJ
  May 14 '18 at 5:20
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

There are several packages available on CTAN to do this. changepage looks promising but you can find other alternatives by searching for "margins" or "changepage" on ctan search.

With the changepage package, you can use the adjustwidth environment as follows:

begin{adjustwidth}{left amount}{right amount}

lipsum[2]

end{adjustwidth}

For example, to remove 100pt from the margin on both sides, you would use

begin{adjustwidth}{100pt}{100pt}

share|improve this answer

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inavda

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answered Jul 29 '10 at 17:34

David ZDavid Z

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begin{adjustwidth}{left amount}{right amount}

lipsum[2]

end{adjustwidth}

begin{adjustwidth}{100pt}{100pt}

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inavda

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answered Jul 29 '10 at 17:34

David ZDavid Z

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edited 36 secs ago

inavda

3

edited 36 secs ago

inavda

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answered Jul 29 '10 at 17:34

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Here is how you can do it. Put the following in the preamble (before begin{document})

defchangemargin#1#2{list{}{rightmargin#2leftmargin#1}item[]}

letendchangemargin=endlist 

then in the text you can use

begin{changemargin}{<arg>}{<arg>} 

end{changemargin} 

where <arg> is the distance you want to include on the margin (the first one defines the right-hand side margin, and the second defines the left-hand side one).

So, for example, to add 0.5 cm to the margins on either side, you would have:

begin{changemargin}{0.5cm}{0.5cm} 

%your text here  

end{changemargin}

This is exactly how the command

begin{quote}

end{quote}

is defined, but with the set to 1cm. The command quote can be used without having to load any packages, by the way.

share|improve this answer

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks Vivi. I take it you mean "where <arg> is the distance...", right? Are there any advantages to this version over using a package such as changepage?
  
  – Michael Underwood
  Jul 30 '10 at 22:32
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Michael: Sorry, because of html the <arg> was not showing (though it was written). About the advantages over changepage, I really don't know. I have never used changepage and didn't even know it existed. I guess I need to try it out :) Have you tried the package yet? Is it good and straightforward?
  
  – Vivi
  Jul 30 '10 at 22:39
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I haven't used it for a specific purpose yet, but was able to figure out how to do what I asked for and test it out within minutes of seeing David's suggestion. Some advantages claimed in the documentation that I haven't tested are: Correctly identifying left- and right-side pages if they are different; working inside floats; being able to change the top and bottom margins as well as left and right.
  
  – Michael Underwood
  Jul 30 '10 at 22:58
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This is a very elegant solution. Works perfectly, even inside a float (which is where i needed it).
  
  – Trevor
  Oct 22 '12 at 22:17
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The command dont works if you use it with a long text running across pages in a document definided with not equals inner and outer margins.
  
  – Raffaele Santoro
  Dec 28 '13 at 3:44
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

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Here is how you can do it. Put the following in the preamble (before begin{document})

defchangemargin#1#2{list{}{rightmargin#2leftmargin#1}item[]}

letendchangemargin=endlist 

then in the text you can use

begin{changemargin}{<arg>}{<arg>} 

end{changemargin} 

where <arg> is the distance you want to include on the margin (the first one defines the right-hand side margin, and the second defines the left-hand side one).

So, for example, to add 0.5 cm to the margins on either side, you would have:

begin{changemargin}{0.5cm}{0.5cm} 

%your text here  

end{changemargin}

This is exactly how the command

begin{quote}

end{quote}

is defined, but with the set to 1cm. The command quote can be used without having to load any packages, by the way.

share|improve this answer

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answered Jul 29 '10 at 19:12

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks Vivi. I take it you mean "where <arg> is the distance...", right? Are there any advantages to this version over using a package such as changepage?
  
  – Michael Underwood
  Jul 30 '10 at 22:32
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Michael: Sorry, because of html the <arg> was not showing (though it was written). About the advantages over changepage, I really don't know. I have never used changepage and didn't even know it existed. I guess I need to try it out :) Have you tried the package yet? Is it good and straightforward?
  
  – Vivi
  Jul 30 '10 at 22:39
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I haven't used it for a specific purpose yet, but was able to figure out how to do what I asked for and test it out within minutes of seeing David's suggestion. Some advantages claimed in the documentation that I haven't tested are: Correctly identifying left- and right-side pages if they are different; working inside floats; being able to change the top and bottom margins as well as left and right.
  
  – Michael Underwood
  Jul 30 '10 at 22:58
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This is a very elegant solution. Works perfectly, even inside a float (which is where i needed it).
  
  – Trevor
  Oct 22 '12 at 22:17
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The command dont works if you use it with a long text running across pages in a document definided with not equals inner and outer margins.
  
  – Raffaele Santoro
  Dec 28 '13 at 3:44
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

Here is how you can do it. Put the following in the preamble (before begin{document})

defchangemargin#1#2{list{}{rightmargin#2leftmargin#1}item[]}

letendchangemargin=endlist 

then in the text you can use

begin{changemargin}{<arg>}{<arg>} 

end{changemargin} 

where <arg> is the distance you want to include on the margin (the first one defines the right-hand side margin, and the second defines the left-hand side one).

So, for example, to add 0.5 cm to the margins on either side, you would have:

begin{changemargin}{0.5cm}{0.5cm} 

%your text here  

end{changemargin}

This is exactly how the command

begin{quote}

end{quote}

is defined, but with the set to 1cm. The command quote can be used without having to load any packages, by the way.

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defchangemargin#1#2{list{}{rightmargin#2leftmargin#1}item[]}

letendchangemargin=endlist 

begin{changemargin}{<arg>}{<arg>} 

end{changemargin} 

begin{changemargin}{0.5cm}{0.5cm} 

%your text here  

end{changemargin}

begin{quote}

end{quote}

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With either one of the KOMA-Script classes or the package scrextend (which is part of KOMA-Script), you can use the addmargin environment.

documentclass{article}



usepackage{scrextend}



usepackage[english]{babel}

usepackage{blindtext}



begin{document}



blindtext



% Syntax: begin{addmargin}[<left indentation>]{<indentation>}

begin{addmargin}[4em]{1em}

blindtext

end{addmargin}



blindtext



end{document}

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  thanks for that, that's exactly what i've been looking for for a while now.
  
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  N.B. If used within an enumerated environment, this will remove the enumeration, i.e. you can't use it to adjust the margin of enumerated items.
  
  – Rax Adaam
  Apr 10 '18 at 15:47
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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With either one of the KOMA-Script classes or the package scrextend (which is part of KOMA-Script), you can use the addmargin environment.

documentclass{article}



usepackage{scrextend}



usepackage[english]{babel}

usepackage{blindtext}



begin{document}



blindtext



% Syntax: begin{addmargin}[<left indentation>]{<indentation>}

begin{addmargin}[4em]{1em}

blindtext

end{addmargin}



blindtext



end{document}

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answered Aug 12 '10 at 22:10

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  thanks for that, that's exactly what i've been looking for for a while now.
  
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With either one of the KOMA-Script classes or the package scrextend (which is part of KOMA-Script), you can use the addmargin environment.

documentclass{article}



usepackage{scrextend}



usepackage[english]{babel}

usepackage{blindtext}



begin{document}



blindtext



% Syntax: begin{addmargin}[<left indentation>]{<indentation>}

begin{addmargin}[4em]{1em}

blindtext

end{addmargin}



blindtext



end{document}

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edited Jul 24 '13 at 12:45

answered Aug 12 '10 at 22:10

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documentclass{article}



usepackage{scrextend}



usepackage[english]{babel}

usepackage{blindtext}



begin{document}



blindtext



% Syntax: begin{addmargin}[<left indentation>]{<indentation>}

begin{addmargin}[4em]{1em}

blindtext

end{addmargin}



blindtext



end{document}

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edited Jul 24 '13 at 12:45

answered Aug 12 '10 at 22:10

locksteplockstep

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answered Aug 12 '10 at 22:10

locksteplockstep

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answered Aug 12 '10 at 22:10

locksteplockstep

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what about the narrower (TeX?) command? Is it ok to use even though it does not offer a very precise control?

documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

usepackage[a4paper,top=3.5cm,bottom=3cm,left=3.6cm,right=3.6cm]{geometry}

usepackage{lipsum}

begin{document}

lipsum[4]

{narrowerlipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

{narrowernarrowernarrower lipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

end{document}

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  narrower will indent the text by one parindent. For more precise control one can also use hskip 10pt etc. Of course is ok if you only want to indent once. narrowernarrower will indent both left and right.
  
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what about the narrower (TeX?) command? Is it ok to use even though it does not offer a very precise control?

documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

usepackage[a4paper,top=3.5cm,bottom=3cm,left=3.6cm,right=3.6cm]{geometry}

usepackage{lipsum}

begin{document}

lipsum[4]

{narrowerlipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

{narrowernarrowernarrower lipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

end{document}

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edited Jul 24 '13 at 12:49

lockstep

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answered Sep 30 '10 at 1:21

plutonpluton

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  narrower will indent the text by one parindent. For more precise control one can also use hskip 10pt etc. Of course is ok if you only want to indent once. narrowernarrower will indent both left and right.
  
  – Yiannis Lazarides
  Sep 30 '10 at 1:47
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

what about the narrower (TeX?) command? Is it ok to use even though it does not offer a very precise control?

documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

usepackage[a4paper,top=3.5cm,bottom=3cm,left=3.6cm,right=3.6cm]{geometry}

usepackage{lipsum}

begin{document}

lipsum[4]

{narrowerlipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

{narrowernarrowernarrower lipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

end{document}

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edited Jul 24 '13 at 12:49

lockstep

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answered Sep 30 '10 at 1:21

plutonpluton

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documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

usepackage[a4paper,top=3.5cm,bottom=3cm,left=3.6cm,right=3.6cm]{geometry}

usepackage{lipsum}

begin{document}

lipsum[4]

{narrowerlipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

lipsum[4]

{narrowernarrowernarrower lipsum[4]

par}

lipsum[4]

end{document}

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edited Jul 24 '13 at 12:49

lockstep

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answered Sep 30 '10 at 1:21

plutonpluton

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edited Jul 24 '13 at 12:49

lockstep

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edited Jul 24 '13 at 12:49

lockstep

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answered Sep 30 '10 at 1:21

plutonpluton

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answered Sep 30 '10 at 1:21

plutonpluton

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It might not answer the question directly, but:

There is a letter class:

documentclass{letter}

for writing letters.

And for verse there is a package called...wait for it...verse:

usepackage{verse}

As I said, it doesn't answer the specific question, but it might solve the two applications you want the solution for.

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answered Jul 29 '10 at 17:07

Yossi FarjounYossi Farjoun

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It might not answer the question directly, but:

There is a letter class:

documentclass{letter}

for writing letters.

And for verse there is a package called...wait for it...verse:

usepackage{verse}

As I said, it doesn't answer the specific question, but it might solve the two applications you want the solution for.

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answered Jul 29 '10 at 17:07

Yossi FarjounYossi Farjoun

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documentclass{letter}

usepackage{verse}