reed@reedmedia.net said:
> I use the geometry package

Thanks - this does the job. I'll make a pkg of it.

> \documentclass[a4paper]{article} 

That alone doesn't work:
$ cat test.tex
\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
%\usepackage{geometry}
\begin{document}
xxx
\end{document}
\end
$ pdflatex test.tex
[...]
$ pdfinfo test.pdf
[...]
Page size:      595.276 x 841.89 pts (A4)

With the comment character removed, I get
Page size:      612 x 792 pts (letter)

(A4 is my default setting.)

best regards
Matthias




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