\documentclass[12pt]{article} % comment % the beginning of the header of the tex file. % here we initialize the packages we need, the margins, % format of the layout of the pages, the style etc. \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amssymb} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.0cm} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.0cm} \setlength{\topmargin}{-10mm} \advance\headheight by 2pt \setlength{\footskip}{8mm} \setlength{\textheight}{225mm} \advance\textheight by-\headheight \advance\textheight by-\headsep \setlength{\textwidth}{165mm} \def\baselinestrech{1.0} \pagenumbering{arabic} \pagestyle{headings} % end of the header % the document starts here \begin{document} \end{document}