manipulating margins to meet page requirements

[purplepepper]

Hi, I'm wondering what people's thoughts are on manipulating the margins and spacing of writing samples to meet the pages requirements.

i've gone and modified my thesis quite a bit, and i really don't feel comfortable cutting more out. the written stuff is 20 pages, plus 3 pg biblio, plus 2 pages of images, which are necessary.

As of now, it's fine when I have 1.7 spacing between each line, a margin of 1.3 at the top and .9 around the edges. (haha i know) but if i use a standard formatting- 1 inch margins (1.5 at the top like the schools ask) plus double spacing, the writing sample balloons to over 30 pages. which is way too much.

any thoughts?

[rising_star]

I would use a standard font (12 pt Arial or Times New Roman) and margins (1" all around). Do 1.5 spacing if you have to.

[purplepepper]

thanks for the quick answer, i'll try that and see what happens :arrow: