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<refpurpose>The outer page margin</refpurpose>
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<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>

<para>The outer page margin is the distance from non-bound edge of the
page to the outer edge of the last column of text.</para>

<para>In left-to-right text direction,
this is the right margin of recto (front side) pages.
For single-sided output, it is the right margin
of all pages.</para>

<para>In right-to-left text direction,
this is the left margin of recto pages.
For single-sided output, this is the
left margin of all pages.</para>

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