[Tex/LaTex] Change behavior of geometry for all pages

double-sidedgeometrylncsmargins

I'm using the llncs document class and wanted to change the margin of all pages, using the geometry package.

I use the following command:

\usepackage[left=3.5cm,right=2.5cm,top=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}

The problem is that the left margin is switching between odd and even pages. Even numbered pages have the 'left' margin on the right side and the odd numbered pages have the 'left' margin on the actual left side.

I don't know if this is a problem with llncs or geometry (thus, the title could be misleading), but how would I tell my document to have the left margin on the actual left side, for every page?

Best Answer

The llncs class loads the article class with the twoside option and doesn't have a oneside option. You can revert back to "oneside" by switching manually:

\makeatletter
\let\@twosidetrue\@twosidefalse
\let\@mparswitchtrue\@mparswitchfalse
\makeatother

\documentclass{llncs}
\usepackage[left=3.5cm,right=2.5cm,top=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}

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Normally, one would simply use the left and right keys, because they are actually synonyms for inner and outer in twoside mode. (Alternatively, one could specify the textwidth and hmarginratio keys.) In case you want to disable the swapping of margins on alternate pages, add the asymmetric option.

\documentclass[twoside]{article}

\usepackage[top=2cm,bottom=4cm,left=1.5cm,right=3cm,asymmetric]{geometry}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-15]

\end{document}

EDIT: So far you've used the twoside option in your document class, but you want to do without this option? Well, use the twoside option of geometry instead.

[Tex/LaTex] Why are odd pages left pages

Odd pages come on right. The wider margin is the outer one, so on page one, you should have a wide right margin. So it seems to be correct.

The reason is that the outer margins should visually be the same as the "inner one", and the "inner one" is sum of the "inner margins" of both facing pages.

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