Page Layout ⇒ KOMA twoside, but type area at same position on both sides?

[ditrans]

Hello everyone,

I'm using scrbook with the twoside option on (I need it for headers etc.). I have to have a type area with a specific width and height, so I set it using \areaset. Now I also need the margins to be the same on left and right pages, as they would be with twoside=false. (It would be best if the type area would be centered on each page.) Any tips on how to best achieve this?
Should I just try to use geometry or is there a better way?

Thanks,
Di

[localghost]

Go into detail about the specifications and show by means of a minimal working example (MWE) what you have tried so far. Without seeing code I'd suggest to choose an appropriate value for BCOR (binding correction). This would at least center the type area horizontally.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[ditrans]

Thanks for your answer.
My very minimal working example:

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\documentclass{scrbook}
\areaset{118mm}{180mm}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum
\end{document}

To move the type area to where I need it to be, I would have to use a negative BCOR, but that doesn't work.
I guess, I only need to center the type area horizontally. It doesn't even have to be exactly centered. I just need the same margins for both odd and even pages.

[localghost]

You misunderstood the way how KOMA Script sets up the type area. Typographically correct are outer margins with double width of the inner margins so that the sum of the two inner margins matches the width of one of the outer margins. This set up causes the left margin to be smaller than the right margin on odd pages and vice verse on even pages. You will find the same description in the manual. Choosing 23mm for the binding correction solves the problem.

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\documentclass[english]{scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\areaset[23mm]{118mm}{180mm}

\begin{document}
  \Blinddocument
\end{document}

[ditrans]

Thanks alot!
Looking at my document, I mixed up the odd and even pages, that's why I thought of the negative BCOR. Pretty stupid.
(Also, I tried putting the BCOR value in the document options, but that didn't work at all.)

[localghost]

[...] (Also, I tried putting the BCOR value in the document options, but that didn't work at all.)

Apparently you inserted it in the wrong way.

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\documentclass[...,BCOR=23mm,...]{scrbook}