This is my entire main.tex:
\documentclass[ 11pt,english, onehalfspacing, nolistspacing, liststotoc, headsepline,oneside, chapterinoneline, reqno, a4paper %consistentlayout, change the layout of the declaration, abstract and acknowledgements pages to match the default layout ]{MastersDoctoralThesis} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{amsthm, amsmath, amssymb, amsfonts, exscale, latexsym, float, eucal, mathtools} \usepackage{booktabs, floatrow, threeparttable, adjustbox, textcomp, mathpazo, lipsum} \usepackage[backend=bibtex,style=authoryear,natbib=true]{biblatex} \usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes} \usepackage{apacite} \bibliographystyle{apacite} \addbibresource{References.bib} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % ADDITIONAL THESIS FORMATTING %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \AtBeginDocument{ \hypersetup{pdftitle=\ttitle} % Set the PDF's title to your title \hypersetup{pdfauthor=\authorname} % Set the PDF's author to your name \hypersetup{pdfkeywords=\keywordnames} % Set the PDF's keywords to your keywords } \renewcommand{\chapterbelowskip}{\vspace{20pt}} % spacing after chapter title \renewcommand*\chaptermarkformat{\chapapp \thechapter\enskip} \renewcommand{\chapterfont}{\LARGE\bfseries} \newcommand{\E}{\mathrm{E}} \newcommand{\Var}{\mathrm{Var}} \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.2} % in-text line spacing \makeatletter % align list of figures and tables \renewcommand*\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{2}{0em}{3.2em}} \renewcommand*\l@table{\@dottedtocline{2}{0em}{3.2em}} \makeatother %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % MARGIN SETTINGS %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % \voffset = -2.54cm % \hoffset = -2.54cm % \textheight 23cm % \textwidth 16 cm % \topmargin 2.5cm % \oddsidemargin 2.50cm \evensidemargin 2.5cm \unitlength 1cm \geometry{ paper=a4paper, % Change to letterpaper for US letter inner=1.5cm, % Inner margin outer=2.5cm, % Outer margin bindingoffset=0.5cm, % Binding offset top=0.5cm, % Top margin bottom=1.0cm, % Bottom margin %showframe, % Uncomment to show how the type block is set on the page } \begin{document} \frontmatter \pagestyle{plain} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % THESIS INFORMATION %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \thesistitle{Measuring the Natural rate of Interest \\ with an emphasis on the Euro Area} % Print it elsewhere with \ttitle \supervisor{prof. Dr. J. \textsc{Schaumburg}} % Print it elsewhere with \supname \examiner{} % Print it elsewhere with \examname \degree{Master of Science in Econometrics} % Print it elsewhere with \degreename \author{Sean R.E.A. \textsc{Bagcik}} % Print it elsewhere with \authorname \subject{} % Print it elsewhere with \subjectname \keywords{} % Print it elsewhere with \keywordnames \university{\href{https://www.vu.nl}{Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam}} % Print it elsewhere with \univname \department{\href{}{Department of Econometrics and Operations Research}} % Print it elsewhere with \deptname \faculty{\href{https://sbe.vu.nl}{School of Business and Economics}} % Print it elsewhere with \facname %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % TITLE PAGE %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{titlepage} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % HEADING SECTIONS %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {\centering \includegraphics[width=80mm,scale=0.8]{Figures/VU_logo.png}\\ \Small School of Business and Economics\\ \Small Master of Science in Econometrics\\[1.0cm] %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % TITLE SECTION %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {\huge Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest\\ \LARGE with an emphasis on the Euro Area}\\[1.0cm] %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % AUTHOR SECTION %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- by\\[0.1cm] \large \authorname\\[0.5cm] %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % COMMITTEE SECTION %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{minipage}[t]{0.4\textwidth} \begin{flushleft} Supervisor: \\ prof. dr. J. \textsc{Schaumburg} \end{flushleft} \end{minipage} ~ \begin{minipage}[t]{0.4\textwidth} \begin{flushright} Second assessor: \\ prof. dr. \textsc{X}\\ \end{flushright} \end{minipage}\\[1.0cm] {\large \today}\\[1.0cm] \vspace{1cm}\textbf{\textsc{Abstract}}\par} \noindent\raisebox{.5ex}{\rule{\linewidth}{.4pt}}\par \lipsum[2] \par \noindent\raisebox{.5ex}{\rule{\linewidth}{.4pt}}\par \noindent Keywords: Kalman filter, potential output, monetary policy \end{titlepage} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %\begin{acknowledgements} %\addchaptertocentry{\acknowledgementname} % Add the acknowledgements to the table of contents %\end{acknowledgements} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % LIST OF CONTENTS/FIGURES/TABLES PAGES %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \tableofcontents % Prints the main table of contents \newpage \listoffigures % Prints the list of figures \listoftables % Prints the list of tables %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % THESIS CONTENT - CHAPTERS %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \mainmatter \makeatletter \patchcmd{\scr@startchapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{} \makeatother \pagestyle{thesis} \include{Chapters/Chapter1} \include{Chapters/Chapter2} \include{Chapters/Chapter3} \include{Chapters/Chapter4} \include{Chapters/Chapter5} \include{Chapters/Chapter6} \include{Chapters/Chapter7} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % THESIS CONTENT - APPENDICES %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \appendix \renewcommand{\thefigure}{A\arabic{figure}} \setcounter{figure}{0} \include{Appendices/Appendix} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % BIBLIOGRAPHY %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \printbibliography[heading=bibintoc, title={References}] %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \end{document}
Where do you suggest to add in those lines? Because it didn't have the desired effect, yet.
What does
\makeatletter \patchcmd{\scr@startchapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{} \makeatother
do?
Thanks again! Best, Sean