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In <BrI55D.IKy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cameron@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Cameron Smith) writes:

>First of all, why should \evensidemargin be the same as \oddsidemargin
>in a non-twoside document?  I was under the impression that if the
>twoside option wasn't used, the \evensidemargin parameter was never
>consulted (at least, not in the standard LaTeX code -- home-grown
>styles may do other things).

>Also, US letter paper is 8.5in wide, not 8in, so the righthand margin
>would be more like ~1.8in (which makes sense, since it's about the
>same as the 1.9in margin on the left).

Many thanks for pointing out the errors; you are indeed correct.  I've
now corrected my local information.  Both answers are a bit long for a
FAQ.  Perhaps a better FAQ and answer would be a list and description
of what manuals and guides exist about LaTeX and TeX and where to get
them.  Off the top of my head (and checking the ymir archives), I can
think of  

LaTeX: User's Guide and Reference Manual by Leslie Lamport
The TeXbook by Donald Knuth (and pointing out that this is useful even
                             for people who only LaTeX)
A Gentle Introduction to TeX by Michael Doob
Using TeX on the VAX to Typeset Documents: A Primer by Joe St Sauver
Essential Latex by Jon Warbrick

And from my local bookstore (they don't necessarily have the following
but they know about them)

Abrahams, TEX FOR THE IMPATIENT. Addison Wesley Pub Co Inc., 1990.
Bechtolsheim, TEX IN PRACTICE. Springer Verlag New York, Inc., 1991.
Borde, TEX BY EXAMPLE. Academic Press Order Fulfillment, 1992.
Buerger, LATEX. Mcgraw Hill Book Company, 1989.
Diller, LATEX LINE BY LINE TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DOCUMENT PROCESSING.
  Wiley, John & Sons, Inc., 1992.
Eijkhout, TEX BY TOPIC. Addison Wesley Pub Co Inc., 1992.
Goos, 236 TEX FOR SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTATION. Springer Verlag New York,
	Inc.,1986. 
Hahn, LATEX FOR EVERYONE. Personal Tex, 1992.
Seroul, BEGINNER'S BOOK OF TEX. Springer Verlag New York, Inc., 1991.
Snow, TEX FOR THE BEGINNER. Addison Wesley Pub Co Inc., 1991.
Spivak, JOY OF TEX. Addison Wesley Pub Co Inc., 1987.


I have only used the TeX book and the LaTeX manual so I can't comment
on the others and whether they are useful.

Emma Pease
emma@csli.stanford.edu

>--Cameron Smith
>  cameron@symcom.math.uiuc.edu