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["El.Douwen" <address@hidden>]

hi everyone

i start writing a book for a parisian editor

i am asked to do this :

written area of text in a rectangle with dimensions 12,5*21,5; pages with format 16,5*24

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surface écrite du texte comprise dans un cadre de dimension : 12,5 x 21,5 cm (en-tête ou bas de pages compris). 

La taille de police pourrait être agrandie.

Pour information le format du livre sera de 16,5 x 24 cm.

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i want to be sure that what i do now before beginning is correct. I want to avoid doing false things that would oblige me later to start again everything

for the dimensions i went to

- document/page/dimensions/Other i type 16,5*24

and for the margin (what seems to be the most important for the printer)

- document/page/margin/alternative specification/width i type 12,5

- document/page/margin/margin top i type 1,25

- document/page/margin/margin bottom i type 1,25

because 24-1,25-1,25=21,5

i guess - am i false ? - that the alternative specification/width gives an absolute width

but that maybe, since there is no alternative specification fot height, maybe it would mean that the height can move with the number, size, of lines and equations..

my obligation is absolutly never getting over the dimensiosn i was given : written area of text in a rectangle with dimensions 12,5*21

did i do right ?

Sacha