error setting margins with geometry

Question

I have what should be a simple question -- I am trying to set margins in my document to 1in all around. My full preamble is below. I'm rendering to pdf using the Texifier program, which I like because it renders in real time, but I just started using it. The margins look correct in the footnote, but the body text has much wider side margins (so the footnote text extends about 1/2 inch beyond the body text). I really need to whole document, body and footnotes, to have the 1-inch margins.

The issue persists whether or not I'm using the double spacing.

Is it maybe something to do with default settings in Texifier?

\documentclass[12pt]{article}\title{My Title}

%Layout
%\usepackage{setspace}
%\doublespacing
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

%Graphics and Tables
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tabularx}

%Bibliography/references
\usepackage[style = authoryear]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{bib.bib}


\author{My Name\thanks{My acknowledgments.}
}
\date{\today}


\begin{document}


\maketitle

\abstract{My abstract.}

Answer 1

You're probably experiencing this:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[%
  margin=1in,
  showframe,% <- for debugging
]{geometry}

\usepackage{lipsum}% to add mock text

\title{My Title}
\author{My Name\thanks{My acknowledgments.}}
\date{\today}


\begin{document}

\maketitle

\abstract{\lipsum*[10][1-4]}

\lipsum

\end{document}

You can see that there's no space between the abstract and the following text. The reason is simple: you need

\begin{abstract}
<Text of the abstract>
\end{abstract}

Full example.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[%
  margin=1in,
  showframe,% <- for debugging
]{geometry}

\usepackage{lipsum}% to add mock text

\title{My Title}
\author{My Name\thanks{My acknowledgments.}}
\date{\today}


\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{abstract}
\lipsum*[10][1-4]
\end{abstract}

\lipsum

\end{document}