Editing paper sizes

Figure: Editing paper sizes

Choosing Edit paper sizes... from the icon bar menu opens a dialogue box that allows you to define paper sizes for your documents (see figure ).

To create a new paper size, enter the name in the icon at the top of the window, set the width and height and click on Set or Save.

To edit a paper size, either type its name into the icon at the top of the window or choose the size from the pop-up menu, then alter the width and height and click on Set or Save.

To delete a paper size, enter its name (or use the pop-up menu) and then click on Delete paper size. If Delete paper size is greyed out it is either because a document is currently using that paper size or else it is the only paper size defined.

The difference between Set and Save is that Set stores the paper size for the current session whereas Save stores the paper size (and all the others currently defined) for use in future sessions.

dvi files do not contain page size information and so DVIview has to guess the page size and orientation of a document when it loads it. If you define similarly sized paper sizes then DVIview may pick the wrong one for your documents. Obviously, you can change a document's paper size but it can be annoying to do so on a regular basis so it's best to only define the paper sizes that you regularly use.