The mwe given below illustrates my current settings in the book am working. Unfortunately I find it a bit cumbersome and outdated although it achieves what I want it to do. One of my objectives is to have both even and odd pages have the margin on the left side; this has been done. My issue is that I don't think the spacing are the same for both pages. For example, for page 2, the binding is on the right and on 3 it is on the left and showframe
does not show the margin paragraph section.
What I want is that all lengths are accounted for and that both pages are technically the same. I feel like I am forcing the geometry to look like what I want.
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,openany]{book}
\usepackage[
letterpaper,
bindingoffset=0.2in,
centering,
marginparwidth=2in,
textwidth=5.1in,
marginparsep=2em,
top=2.5cm,
bottom=2cm,
showframe
]{geometry}
\evensidemargin 1.5in
\oddsidemargin 2in
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@mn@margintest}{\@tempswafalse}{\@tempswatrue}{}{}
\patchcmd{\@mn@margintest}{\@tempswafalse}{\@tempswatrue}{}{}
\reversemarginpar
\makeatother
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-12]
\end{document}
Here is an example of what I would like to achieve and the link to the sample.
The image below gives an overview of the layout I am seeking to achieve.
Best Answer
The different values for
\evensidemargin
and\oddsidemargin
seem questionable to me if you're trying to have a two-sided document have exactly the same off-centred layout.I'm not sure what you mean by 'margin paragraph section', but if you mean you want the
\marginpar
s to end up always on the left-hand side of both the recto and verso pages, then maybe the following works. (\marginpar
s can be frustrating to work with.)