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Simple question. I feel like it should have a simple answer but I can't find anything.

The documentclass book (and default multicols) stretches content so that it fills the page. Now, I want to use this content in a document of mine that is typeset with the article documentclass.

If I use book and redefine the margins I get what I want, except that it changes \sections and \subsections, which doesn't look right for a formal lab report.

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  • Hi and Welcome! – Johannes_B Nov 10 '14 at 17:09
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    @Ryan: In which way does changing the margins change the sections etc? You should give us an example –  Nov 10 '14 at 17:13
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    you can specify \flushbottom (in the preamble). the article class defaults to \raggedbottom unless twocolumn is in effect. – barbara beeton Nov 10 '14 at 17:13
  • @ChristianHupfer I guess he is talking of the numbering of sections, which will have a 0 in front. – Johannes_B Nov 10 '14 at 17:18
  • @Johannes_B: Possibly, but this has nothing to do with the redefined margins but with a missing 'lead' chapter –  Nov 10 '14 at 17:19
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    possible duplicate: How do I ask LaTeX to exactly fill up a page? – barbara beeton Nov 10 '14 at 17:20
  • @ChristianHupfer I meant I can use the geometry package to remove the uneven margins that are made for binding, but that \section{} starts at 0.1 in the book environment, whereas I want it to start at 1. I didn't mean to sound like the margins were effecting the numbering, the book documentclass does that for the \chapter{} command, which is the first level in book.

    @barbarabeeton That's exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

    I already had the space designed to stretch and everything (lots of tables and minipages and figures) so dropping that in worked flawlessly. Thanks!

     – Ryan Nov 10 '14 at 22:12

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