How to use A4 instead of letterpaper?

Question

I am working with a template which uses letterpage. Yet I need it to be A4.

\documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage[letterpaper,margin=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{mdwlist}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{tgpagella}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0em}

How do I change it?

Is \documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} what you're after? — Count Zero, Apr 22 '13 at 13:26
@CountZero Indeed it was. Silly me was trying only with A4. — k0pernikus, Apr 22 '13 at 13:28

score 92 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '13 at 13:49

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The article class has an option for A4 (210 mm x 297 mm) paper:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

other possible options for page size are:

a5paper - A5: 148 mm x 210 mm, that is half of A4, basically
b5paper - B5: 250 mm x 176 mm
letterpaper - Letter: 215.9 mm x 279.4 mm
legalpaper - Legal: 215.9 mm x 355.6 mm

answered Apr 22 '13 at 13:49

Count Zero

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You also need to fix the call to geometry in the MWE. – Andrew Swann Apr 22 '13 at 18:57
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In addition to \documentclass[...paper]{...}, \usepackage{geometry} is also needed. Without the latter, latex won't insert the \special{papersize=...}. – pts Mar 10 '20 at 08:21

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '13 at 13:46

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You should also have a look to KOMA script, instead of the default article class:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{scrartcl}

answered Apr 22 '13 at 13:46

Micha

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What are the benefits over the default article class? – k0pernikus Apr 22 '13 at 13:51
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there are a lot of improvements. As you are from Germany, please have a look at http://www.komascript.de/ or http://www.amazon.de/KOMA-Script-Anleitung-Sammlung-Klassen-Paketen/dp/3865414591/ – Micha Apr 22 '13 at 13:56

How to use A4 instead of letterpaper?

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