Thanks to all who replied to my request for help. The problem is now
fixed after I ran MiKTeX update (only one package having to do with font
names was updated) followed by refreshing the file name database and
updating formats in MiKTeX setup. I'm not sure why this fixed the
problem today and not yesterday when I did the same thing (minius
refreshing the file name database). Anyway, my setup is working again
so can continue with my work.
Alan Ristow wrote:
> Paul Goggans wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the comments. I have been a LaTeX user for many years so I
>> know to use the letterpaper option in \documentclass. Use of
>> \pdfpagewidth and \pdfpageheight may fix the problem for pdflatex but
>> these were not necessary on my old computer under MikTeX 2.4.
>>
>> The solution I am looking for is one that will make my new MikTeX
>> installation work like my previous installation. That is one that will
>> give me letter paper output when I ask for it rather than always giving
>> legal paper output.
>>
>
> First, have you run MiKTeX Update lately? I'm not sure why MiKTeX
> Settings wouldn't be setting the page size correctly, but maybe you've
> got a buggy binary somewhere?
>
> That said, MiKTeX 2.6 handles the default page size by writing it to a
> couple of config files once you select it in MiKTeX Settings. Try the
> following:
>
> Open a command prompt window and type "initexmf --edit-config-file
> pdftex". A window will pop open displaying your current pdfTeX
> configuration. Mine looks like this:
>
> %% pdfTeX configuration file. Run 'mthelp pdftexcfg' for parameter help.
> page_width 612 true bp
> page_height 792 true bp
>
> The page_width setting should be "612 true bp" regardless of letter or
> legal size. The page_height setting should be "792 true bp" for letter
> size and "1008 true bp" for legal size. If yours doesn't say "792 true
> bp" then that's probably the source of your problem. Change it to the
> correct value ("11 true in" is valid, if you prefer), save it, and close
> the window. Rebuild your format files ("initexmf --dump" at the command
> prompt) and test your system to see if it's now giving you letter size.
>
> If the config file shows letter size and you're still getting legal size
> then there's obviously a problem elsewhere, but see if this works first.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
>> Frank McCown wrote:
>>
>>> You can also try this if using pdflatex:
>>>
>>> \pdfpagewidth=8.5in
>>> \pdfpageheight=11in
>>>
>>>
>>> gervacios(Gervacio,Severino V) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I suggest that you try specifying the "letterpaper" option in your document, say
>>>>
>>>> \documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article}
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Subject: [MiKTeX] No letter paper with MiKTeX 2.6
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I recently installed MiKTeX 2.6 on a new computer. I specified letter
>>>> paper as the default during installation, however, my dvi, ps, and pdf
>>>> files always end up as legal size. This includes LaTeX files that came
>>>> from my old computer with MiKTeX 2.4 where they compiled to letter size
>>>> as intended. I tried refreshing the formats in MikTeX settings but to
>>>> no avail. I can't continue with my work until this is fixed. Any ideas?
>>>>
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