Page Layout ⇒ Confusion with odd- and even pages.

[bischoff]

I am finishing the layout of a book at the moment, and have some problems with understanding why I am not able to get the odd numbered pages on the right side (with the biggest margin on the left), and the even numbered pages on the left side. The document is relatively large (ca. 500 pages) and is defined as an article (as the author about that...), twosided.

Is there any way of re-defining which pages should be on the right and left hand side?

Any help is much appreciated!

[bischoff]

I can't even get this to function properly;

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twoside]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\renewcommand\contentsname{Innholdsfortegnelse}

\begin{document}

Hello!
\newpage
Hello!
\end{document}

If it is any help, the document is written in Scientific Workplace.

[gmedina]

Hi,

your confusion comes from forgetting the space that standard document classes (ansd some other classes) reserve for the margin notes. If you want to change the page layout, you can use the geometry package.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Don't confuse margins with binding correction. There's no binding correction by default, that's why the inner margin is smaller than the outer. Imagine the book lying opened before you: a good layout would show equal space at left, inner and outer margin, but the inner margin consists of two joined margins. That's why it's a good idea to make the inner margin half of the outer.

If you expect to loose space because of the binding, specify this space. If you use the geometry package then specify a value for the option bindingoffset. If you use typearea then state a BCOR value.

Stefan

[bischoff]

Thank you!

Haha, I just had a look at some other book I have lying around here and realised that my problem was not a real problem.

Thank you anyway, I've learned something new today