Make the Document Orientation as "Landscape" in LaTeX

Jan. 12, 2025

(1) For the whole document1

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\documentclass[a4paper,landscape]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
\pagecolor{AntiqueWhite1}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
	\lipsum[1-16]
\end{document}

(2) For a few pages1

By landscape environment of lscape package:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
\pagecolor{AntiqueWhite1}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{lscape}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-7]

\begin{landscape}
	\lipsum[8-23]
\end{landscape}
\end{document}

By landscape environment of pdflscape package:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
\pagecolor{AntiqueWhite1}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{pdflscape}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-7]

\begin{landscape}
	\lipsum[8-23]
\end{landscape}
\end{document}


References

  1. Landscape in Latex. ˄ ˄2