Page Layoutproblem with cropping and alignment

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tap3ah
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Joined: Sun May 13, 2012 8:37 pm

problem with cropping and alignment

Post by tap3ah »

Hi
I'm trying to make a layout suitable for two-side printing and cutting. I used geometry package with these parameters:

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a4paper,
paperwidth=210mm,
paperheight=297mm,
bindingoffset=1cm,
layoutwidth=178mm,
layoutheight=235.5mm,
layouthoffset=0mm,
layoutvoffset=0mm,
includeheadfoot,
ignoremp,
textwidth=148mm,
textheight=215.5mm,
top=0.5cm,
bottom=0.5cm,
inner=2cm,
outer=1cm,
showcrop
The content inside the crop marks is fine but both odd and even pages are aligned to the left.
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How can I align the page content to different sides (or both in the middle) so I can cut the paper after printing.

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kaiserkarl13
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Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:02 pm

problem with cropping and alignment

Post by kaiserkarl13 »

You forgot the most important part: which document class are you using?

For example,

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\documentclass[twoside, openany]{book}
might do precisely what you want.
tap3ah
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Joined: Sun May 13, 2012 8:37 pm

problem with cropping and alignment

Post by tap3ah »

I'm using book. openany doesn't work, but I got the answer: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/ ... -alignment.
Thanks anyway.
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