Take the tour ×   1. I want to set different layouts in a book,
say the bodywidth (4in) + maginalwidth (2in) and 'exercise part'
(6in) at the end of each section such as a typical calculus
book. I am using \minipage[h]{6in} for the 'exercise part' right
now, which is not good when a part of 'exercise' needs to be
carried over to the next page.    2. I want the header (and
footer) width to be 6in, even the bodywidth is 4in. Is anyway to
do that??  share|improve this question You are missing the
'exercises' tag –  leo Oct 23 '11 at 4:17 add comment  2 Answers
You can use the package geometry with the command \newgeometry.
For more details see the documentation.  share|improve this
answer The OP mentions minipages and carrying over text parts to
the next page, so it seems he/she wants to change the "margins"
for parts of a page. For this, the geometry package is not
appropriate. –  lockstep Jan 27 '12 at 20:58 @lockstep: The
question is very old and the OP gave no response. I think we
should simple ignore this