Re: quick simple latex question

["Paul Huygen" <paul.huygen@huygen.nl>]

Shao Zhang <shao@linuxfreak.com> wrote 

> I just cannot find out how to set the a4paper to landscape.
> 	I use: [..] \usepackage{portland}

LaTeX2e has the landscape option built in, so portland is not
needed. You need portland if you want to switch between landscape
and portland in a single document. The only problem is, that you have
to tell the printer driver to switch to landscape. The following
document will be printed in landscape when it is converted to ps with
dvips (the most generally used printer driver):

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,landscape]{artikel3}
\special{landscape}
\begin{document}
This document is in landscape. Look for yourself.
\end{document}

The \special{} is included tot tell dvips to print in landscape.

Paul Huygen