On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 05:19, Curiouslearn wrote: > Why does the following does not center the text? I am choosing a > letter size paper which is 8.5 inches wide. I have both margins at > 1.5in
That's width of box called margin (the one where you put side notes etc). You need to set backspace=1.5in and that should suffice. > and all other distances equal to 0 in. Should the text be not > centered. No, because backspace=1in by default, so what you thought of as "left margin" is only 1in wide and the right one probably 2in then. Mojca > \setuppapersize[letter][letter] > \setuplayout[leftmargin=1.5in,rightmargin=1.5in,leftedge=0in,rightedge=0in,leftmargindistance=0in,rightmargindistance=0in,leftedgedistance=0in,rightedgedistance=0in,width=5.5in] > > \starttext > \showlayout > \input tufte > \stoptext ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________