Alan Stone wrote:
CanItBeAnyMoreConfusingText ?
From left to right, you have: (left)edge (left)edgedistance (left)margin (left)margindistance width (right)margindistance (right)margin (right)edgedistance (right)edge The location of all this on the paper is defined by backspace, which gives the distance between the appropriate (left or right) edge of the text width and the physical paper edge. Similar logic applies in the vertical direction. \showlayout will give the current values and keys (put it after \starttext, it generates four pages of typeset information). I am somewhat confused myself as to why this is generally considered to be so confusing. In vertical mode, it goes like this top topdistance header headerdistance textheight footerdistance footer bottomdistance bottom "height" sets up the dimension that controls the inner five areas (header ... footer). "topspace" is the distance between the vertical top edge of the paper and the top of "header". You can put \showlayout after \starttext. It will generate four pages of settings (because of double-sided ness). Best wishes, Taco