Urgent: Document margins in LaTeX?

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From: Glen Barnett
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:00

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Sorry about crossposting, but I need to find an answer to this ASAP...

How do I change margins in LaTeX? 

I need to make a document with a 40mm left margin and a 30 mm right
margin. My document is currently a report in 11 pt. I thought mucking
about with a copy of the stuff that talks about margins in rep11.sty
would fix it (I copied part of it to a new file, changed some numbers
- specifically \oddsidemargin and \evensidemargin - and input that just 
after the \documentstyle line).

It didn't seem to make any difference.

Am I totally barking up the wrong tree, or did I just miss something
minor?

The LaTeX manual was particularly unhelpful on this point - yet 
people must have to have different margins fairly often. Any pointers
would be greatly appreciated. Presumably this is covered in a FAQ
or something, so please point me toward anything that covers it.

Can you possibly Cc any newsgroup replies to barnett@agsm.unsw.edu.au? 
Sometimes my newsfeed is very unreliable, and I can't afford to wait
3 or 4 days for replies to maybe show up this time.

regards,
Glen

PS in partial repayment, I have figured out how to get matlab .ps output
to work in latex, so if anyone's been having trouble, I can sort you out.
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From: barnett@agsm.unsw.edu.au (Glen Barnett)
Subject: Urgent: Document margins in LaTeX?
Date: 1998/02/16
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