How do I change the size of the text block?

A general overview of how this relates to the font size etc. is give in issue ~~#108~~.

Uncomment + adjust the lines below in the file classicthesis-config.tex to your needs:

#!latex

% ****************************************************************************************************
% 8. Further adjustments (experimental)
% ****************************************************************************************************
% ********************************************************************
% Changing the text area
% ********************************************************************
%\linespread{1.05} % a bit more for Palatino
%\areaset[current]{312pt}{761pt} % 686 (factor 2.2) + 33 head + 42 head \the\footskip
%\setlength{\marginparwidth}{7em}%
%\setlength{\marginparsep}{2em}%

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How do I change the size of the text block?