Change Page Size Mid-Document: Fancy Header and Footer Horizontal Width

Question

When changing the paper size within a document, the fancyhdr package does not recognize the alteration of the layout width.

This page details how to change page size mid-document.
An answer has been given which uses \pdfpagewidth.
An answer has been given which uses \KOMAoptions.
Neither solves fancyhdr horizontal justification.

MWE

\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum}

% Margin Settings:
\geometry{letterpaper}
\geometry{vmargin    = 0.50in,
          hmargin    = 0.50in,
          headheight = 0.50in,
          headsep    = 0.15in,
          footskip   = 0.60in}
\usepackage{showframe}


%Initialize headers and footers
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}                           % Clears out artifacts from default header
\fancyhead[C]{Header}
\fancyfoot[C]{Footer}
\fancyfoot[R]{ Page \thepage}        % Begin footer page number
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}   % Removes default horizontal line

\begin{document}
{\Huge \textbf{Original}}
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 04.25in,
             layoutheight = 11.00in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 04.25in 
\pdfpageheight = 11.00in
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 04.25in,
             layoutheight = 11.00in, 
             vmargin      = 00.50in, 
             hmargin      = 00.50in,
             headheight   = 00.50in,
             headsep      = 00.15in,
             footskip     = 00.60in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 04.25in 
\pdfpageheight = 11.00in
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 11.00in,
             layoutheight = 04.25in,
             vmargin      = 00.50in, 
             hmargin      = 00.50in,
             headheight   = 00.50in,
             headsep      = 00.15in,
             footskip     = 00.60in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 11.00in 
\pdfpageheight = 04.25in
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage 
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 17.00in,
             layoutheight = 11.00in,
             vmargin      = 00.50in, 
             hmargin      = 00.50in,
             headheight   = 00.50in,
             headsep      = 00.15in,
             footskip     = 00.60in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 17.00in
\pdfpageheight = 11.00in
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 08.50in,
             layoutheight = 11.00in,
             vmargin      = 00.50in, 
             hmargin      = 00.50in,
             headheight   = 00.50in,
             headsep      = 00.15in,
             footskip     = 00.60in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 08.50in 
\pdfpageheight = 11.00in
{\Huge \textbf{Original}}
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage 
\KOMAoptions{paper=17in:11in,pagesize}
\recalctypearea
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage 
\KOMAoptions{paper=17in:11in,pagesize}
\recalctypearea
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 17.00in,
             layoutheight = 11.00in,
             vmargin      = 00.50in, 
             hmargin      = 00.50in,
             headheight   = 00.50in,
             headsep      = 00.15in,
             footskip     = 00.60in}
\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

Also: Can a user create and append a mid-document tag? I feel that some users receive preamble advice when seeking in-document advice.

Why are you using fancyhdr with a KOMA-class? You get warnings. Better to use scrlayer-scrpage form the KOMA-bundle which will just work perfectly. — Johannes_B, Jun 18 '15 at 17:18
@Johannes_B: Constantly fighting against the windmills of wrong usage of KOMA ;-) — , Jun 18 '15 at 17:37
@ChristianHupfer Nah, but scrlayer-scrpage is just better with a KOMA-class. You woudn't recommend fancyhdr with memoir, right? — Johannes_B, Jun 18 '15 at 17:38

Johannes_B · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-18T17:33:00.393

I would replace fancyhdr and use the package that is developed to work with KOMA-classes (and standard classes), called scrlayer-scrpage. The package officially replaced the older scrpage2 last year. Currently, the author of KOMA-script adds functionality regularly, so a fairly up to date distribution is recommenden.

\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}

% Margin Settings:
\geometry{letterpaper}
\geometry{vmargin    = 0.50in,
    hmargin    = 0.50in,
    headheight = 0.50in,
    headsep    = 0.15in,
footskip   = 0.60in}
\usepackage{showframe}

\usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\chead{Header}
\cfoot{footer}
\ofoot{\pagemark}

\begin{document}
{\Huge \textbf{Original}}\par
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 04.25in,
layoutheight = 11.00in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 04.25in 
\pdfpageheight = 11.00in
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 04.25in,
    layoutheight = 11.00in, 
    vmargin      = 00.50in, 
    hmargin      = 00.50in,
    headheight   = 00.50in,
    headsep      = 00.15in,
footskip     = 00.60in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 04.25in 
\pdfpageheight = 11.00in
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 11.00in,
    layoutheight = 04.25in,
    vmargin      = 00.50in, 
    hmargin      = 00.50in,
    headheight   = 00.50in,
    headsep      = 00.15in,
footskip     = 00.60in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 11.00in 
\pdfpageheight = 04.25in
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage 
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 17.00in,
    layoutheight = 11.00in,
    vmargin      = 00.50in, 
    hmargin      = 00.50in,
    headheight   = 00.50in,
    headsep      = 00.15in,
footskip     = 00.60in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 17.00in
\pdfpageheight = 11.00in
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 08.50in,
    layoutheight = 11.00in,
    vmargin      = 00.50in, 
    hmargin      = 00.50in,
    headheight   = 00.50in,
    headsep      = 00.15in,
footskip     = 00.60in}
\pdfpagewidth  = 08.50in 
\pdfpageheight = 11.00in
{\Huge \textbf{Original}}
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage 
\KOMAoptions{paper=17in:11in,pagesize}
\recalctypearea
\lipsum[1]

\clearpage 
\KOMAoptions{paper=17in:11in,pagesize}
\recalctypearea
\newgeometry{layoutwidth  = 17.00in,
    layoutheight = 11.00in,
    vmargin      = 00.50in, 
    hmargin      = 00.50in,
    headheight   = 00.50in,
    headsep      = 00.15in,
footskip     = 00.60in}
\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

As you can see, the header are where they are supposed to be.

pay attention, almost all of your footers are cut off the page. — Johannes_B, Jun 18 '15 at 17:25
Understood. So, to be sure, ditch fancyhdr from now on and just learn KOMA footers? I think it's good that the package is included in the code, but I think you should add its actual title to your intro text. — kando, Jun 18 '15 at 17:28
@kando Sorry, forgot that. scrlayer-scrpage (and its underlying scrlayer) are very very powerful. Plaese have a look around what user @esdd can do with it ;-) http://tex.stackexchange.com/search?q=user%3A43317+scrlayer-scrpage — Johannes_B, Jun 18 '15 at 17:35

Change Page Size Mid-Document: Fancy Header and Footer Horizontal Width

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