setting RTF margins using TextEdit

http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?s=aa2f711c386a64e6ffaca955a19ed9ad&p=9877191&postcount=14 - How do you control the margins in TextEdit? View Single Post

Create or edit the to of your RTF document near:

{\rtf1\mac\ansicpg10000\cocoartf824\cocoasubrtf480
{\fonttbl}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
{\info
{}}\margl720\margr720\margt720\margb720\vieww15400\viewh17940\viewkind1\viewscale100
}

save this and then use it as a template with 1/2" margins all the way around. Adust the 720 as you need. 1440 = 1" so do the math.

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63607 - "Ideal" Kindle 2 PDF page size

So, with this, I created a custom page size 3.4"w x 4.4"h in the OS print dialogs, as well

as set my margins to be maybe 0.1":

\paperw4809\paperh6451\margl120\margr120\margb120\margt120

Voila.

Perfect edge-edge PDF for kindle 2.