Is there a way to resize margins when exporting PDF in org-mode?

Question

I want to export my org document as a PDF, but its margins are way too big. I would like to re-size them as I wish. I am using

#+LaTeX_CLASS: report

I do not know if there is a way. Any help?

Answer 1

The simplest way to tweak the formatting of a LaTeX export is by using the geometry package. Try something like this:

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry}

Answer 2

Another way to achieve the same effect more permanently is to modify org-latex-packages-alist to add the geometry package, as follows:

(setq org-latex-packages-alist '(("margin=2cm" "geometry" nil)))