On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 08:56:07AM -0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
>
> Particularly, the first page head is longer than the later heads. I
> need to set the \textheight to the unused portion of the page, as latex
> seems to be calculating it before the headers are made.
Here's some code in one of my preambles. It does something related to your
objectives.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
...
\usepackage{calc}
...
\setlength{\paperheight}{11in}
\setlength{\voffset}{-0.70in}
\setlength{\topmargin}{0in}
\setlength{\headheight}{.5in}
\setlength{\headsep}{.3in}
\setlength{\footskip}{.6in}
\setlength{\textheight}{\paperheight-1.0in-\voffset-\topmargin-\headheight-\headsep-\footskip-.45in}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{.4pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{.4pt}
\setlength{\plainfootrulewidth}{.4pt}
\setlength{\paperwidth}{8.5in}
\setlength{\hoffset}{0in}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0in}
\setlength{\marginparsep}{.25in}
\setlength{\marginparwidth}{1.1in}
\setlength{\marginparpush}{5pt}
\setlength{\textwidth}{8.5in-1.0in-\hoffset-\marginparwidth-\marginparsep-1.2in}
\setlength{\plainheadrulewidth}{.4mm}
\addtolength{\headwidth}{\marginparwidth}
\addtolength{\headwidth}{\marginparsep}
\////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
--
lsm
