Page Layout ⇒ odd page roman arabic article

[jgthb]

Hi

For my first few pages roman numbers are used, and then I switch to arabic number. But suddenly the header is swapped, i.e. the subsection titles are on the inside and the section titles on the outside. Since the first arabic page is 1 it interprets the page as an odd page, even though it is actually an even page. The document class is article. (I could found a solution for the book class, but don't wanna change to that)

Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?

I also have another question:
In my pdf, it says there are 9 pages (which is also true), but I only want it to count the arabic pages. How can this be done?

I have uploaded the tex-file.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Since the first arabic page is 1 it interprets the page as an odd page, even though it is actually an even page.

Did you ever see an odd page on the left side, in a book, a journal or a paper or any other document? Perhaps consider inserting an empty page, and start with the arabic 1 at a right-hand page.

Stefan

[jgthb]

Hmm, I guess you're right. I'll probably use an empty page. 'Clear double page' should do the job in a consistent manner, right? (I mean if the number of roman pages is changed)

What about the number of pages problem in the pdf reader? Just to be clear, in the pdf if you go to the last page, adobe reader says page 6 (as is also shown on the actual page) but then in brackets it also says (9 of 9). Can this be controlled, so it says (6 of 6)?

By the way, I can make a new thread for this last question, so it is easier for others to find the question. Should I do that?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

'Clear double page' should do the job in a consistent manner, right?

Yes, \cleardoublepage, if the document is in two-side mode.

in the pdf if you go to the last page, adobe reader says page 6 (as is also shown on the actual page) but then in brackets it also says (9 of 9). Can this be controlled, so it says (6 of 6)?

That's a reader issue, I think. The reader doesn't care at this point about different numbering but shows physical page numbers. I doubt that it can be changed.

Yes, generally better open a separate topic for each question. Perhaps it's not necessary here any more, just if you think you would like to focus again on the reader page number question, you could post a new topic.

Stefan

[jgthb]

I think you are right, that it's a reader issue, so I'll just let it be.

Thanks for the help!