On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:28:22AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 05:51 am, Helge Hafting wrote: > > > Note that one usually don't center book pages on the paper. > > It is common to have the inner margin exactly the half of the > > outer margin, because the two inner margins is next to each > > other in an open book. So the two inner margins (mislabeled > > as oddsidemargin) taken together becomes the same size as > > one outer margin. > > > > Helge Hafting > > On my staple bound books, I find the need for large inner margins because the > book doesn't lay down flat. On my book "Troubleshooting Techniques of the > Successful Technologist", I use 1.8 for the inner margin and 1.2 for the > outer. The extra .6 inches compensates for the stapling. > Good point. In the koma-script classes this .6 inch can be set as "binding correction". I didn't have to do that, as the publisher dealt with printing details.
Helge Hafting
