Page Layout ⇒ Strange blank page after one chapter title

[fatdugong]

Hi everybody,

I've got an odd problem with my thesis writing. I declare six chapters in my document and input external files for each of them. Everything works well for all the chapters except one, for which TeX strangely blanks the page after the title. The main file looks like this:

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(...)
\chapter{Introduction}
\label{chap:intro}
\input{Chapter1}

\chapter{XXXX}
\label{chap:xxxx}
\input{Chapter2}

\chapter{YYYYYY}
\label{chap:yyyy}
\input{Chapter3}

\chapter{ZZZZZZ}
\label{chap:zzzz}
\input{Chapter4}

\chapter{AAAAAAAA}
\label{chap:aaaa}
\input{Chapter5}

\chapter{HERE THE PROBLEM HAPPENS}
\label{chap:synthesis}
\include{Chapter6}

\chapter*{Publications}
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Publications}
(...)

The input file directly starts with a short text, no newline, nothing:

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This thesis represents an avant-garde appraisal of the use of aaa and bbbb.
(...)

I cannot paste the whole code, and doing a minimal bug demo would be bothersome and tough, so I was just wondering if anybody could think of something causing such behavior?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Best regards,
Chris

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Chris,

\include is responsible for the page break, use \input instead, if you would like to have the \chapter commands in the main document.
However, common practice is using \include and \chapter inside of the included file.

Stefan

[fatdugong]

Hi Stefan,

Thanks a lot for noticing! That's really a stupid mistake

Cheers,
Chris