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which defines a paper that is 50mm wide and 100mm high; the name of this paper is ''exotic'' (we could have used any other word). All predefined paper sizes are defined using <ttcmd>\definepapersize</ttcmd>. For example, <tt>A4</tt> paper is defined as:

One way to change document size is to permanently change the paper size using <ttcmd>\setuppapersize</ttcmd> and then revert back using <ttcmd>\setuppapersize</ttcmd>.

The <ttcmd>\page</ttcmd> before <ttcmd>\setuppapersize</ttcmd> is necessary as <ttcmd>\setuppapersize</ttcmd> changes the size of the current page.

Often times, a different paper size is needed only for one page. Rather than manually switching the paper size back and forth using <ttcmd>\setuppapersize</ttcmd>, a convenient alternative is to use <ttcmd>\adaptpapersize</ttcmd>, which automatically reverts back to the existing paper size after ''one'' page. This is illustrated by the following example.

As with <ttcmd>\setuppapersize</ttcmd>, always use an explicit <ttcmd>\page</ttcmd> before <ttcmd>\adaptpapersize</ttcmd>.

Occasionally you may want to print on a larger paper than the actual page size. This could be because you want to print to the edge of the page&mdash;so you print on a large paper and crop later&mdash;or because the page size that you are using is not standard. For example, suppose you want to print an <tt>A5</tt> page on a <tt>A4</tt> paper (and crop later). For that, you need to specify that the paper size is <tt>A5</tt> but the ''print paper'' size is <tt>A4</tt>. This information is specified using the two argument version of the <ttcmd>\setuppapersize</ttcmd>:

It is convenient to define paper-size/print-paper-size combination for later reuse. These are also defined using <ttcmd>\definepapersize</ttcmd>. For example, suppose you want to define two paper-size/print-paper-size combinations: <tt>A4</tt> paper on <tt>A4</tt> print paper for normal work flow, and <tt>A4</tt> paper on <tt>A3</tt> print paper for the final proofs. For that, use the following: