[Tex/LaTex] How to remove page numbers for the first two (blank) pages for a LyX-based book

book-designfront-matterlyxpage-numbering

I am using LyX to produce a book. I start with \frontmatter. The first two pages (in the default PDF) are almost blank. (I want those pages to appear.) Those pages have page numbers ("1" and "2"). I do not want those page numbers to appear. (After those pages, the title page has no page number and the back of title page has a page number of "ii". Both of these pages have, regarding page numbering, what I want. Also, all frontmatter page numbering is in headers, which is what I want.)
How can I direct LyX to remove the page numbers for (just) the first two "blank" pages?

LyX file:

#LyX 2.2 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 508
\begin_document
\begin_header
\save_transient_properties true
\origin unavailable
\textclass book
\begin_preamble
\date{}
\end_preamble
\use_default_options true
\maintain_unincluded_children false
\language english
\language_package default
\inputencoding auto
\fontencoding global
\font_roman "default" "default"
\font_sans "default" "default"
\font_typewriter "default" "default"
\font_math "auto" "auto"
\font_default_family default
\use_non_tex_fonts false
\font_sc false
\font_osf false
\font_sf_scale 100 100
\font_tt_scale 100 100
\graphics default
\default_output_format default
\output_sync 0
\bibtex_command default
\index_command default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\use_hyperref false
\papersize custom
\use_geometry true
\use_package amsmath 1
\use_package amssymb 1
\use_package cancel 1
\use_package esint 1
\use_package mathdots 1
\use_package mathtools 1
\use_package mhchem 1
\use_package stackrel 1
\use_package stmaryrd 1
\use_package undertilde 1
\cite_engine basic
\cite_engine_type default
\biblio_style plain
\use_bibtopic false
\use_indices false
\paperorientation portrait
\suppress_date false
\justification true
\use_refstyle 1
\index Index
\shortcut idx
\color #008000
\end_index
\paperwidth 8in
\paperheight 10in
\leftmargin 1in
\topmargin 0.9in
\rightmargin 0.7in
\bottommargin 0.5in
\secnumdepth 2
\tocdepth 2
\paragraph_separation indent
\paragraph_indentation default
\quotes_language english
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 2
\paperpagestyle headings
\tracking_changes false
\output_changes false
\html_math_output 0
\html_css_as_file 0
\html_be_strict false
\end_header

\begin_body

\begin_layout LyX-Code
\begin_inset ERT
status open

\begin_layout Plain Layout


\backslash
frontmatter
\end_layout

\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Title
book title
\end_layout

\begin_layout LyX-Code
\begin_inset ERT
status open

\begin_layout Plain Layout


\backslash
mainmatter
\end_layout

\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout LyX-Code
placeholder statement
\end_layout

\end_body
\end_document

Best Answer

Just add \pagestyle{empty} in the ERT right before \frontmatter.

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[Tex/LaTex] Remove page number in blank even pages within the front matter

If you want that behavior in the whole document, simply load the package emptypage.

MWE

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{emptypage}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\chapter*{Preface}
\lipsum[1]

\mainmatter
\chapter{1}
\lipsum[1]
\chapter{2}
\lipsum[1]

\backmatter
\chapter*{Conclusions}
\lipsum[1]
\chapter*{At the end}
\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

If instead, you want that behavior in the frontmatter, but not in the mainmatter, you can do the following.

Using the code from the emptypage package we define two commands, \setempty to print blank empty pages, and \setnonempty to print normal empty pages.

\makeatletter
\def\emptypage@emptypage{%
    \hbox{}%
    \thispagestyle{empty}%
    \newpage%
    \if@twocolumn%
        \hbox{}%
        \newpage%
    \fi%
}
\let\oldcleardoublepage\cleardoublepage
\newcommand{\setempty}{%
  \def\cleardoublepage{%
      \clearpage%
      \if@twoside%
          \ifodd\c@page%
              % do nothing
          \else%
              \emptypage@emptypage%
          \fi%
      \fi%
  }%
}
\newcommand{\setnonempty}{%
  \let\cleardoublepage\oldcleardoublepage%
}
\makeatother

Here is a MWE that shows how it works.

\documentclass{book}
\makeatletter
\def\emptypage@emptypage{%
    \hbox{}%
    \thispagestyle{empty}%
    \newpage%
    \if@twocolumn%
        \hbox{}%
        \newpage%
    \fi%
}
\let\oldcleardoublepage\cleardoublepage
\newcommand{\setempty}{%
  \def\cleardoublepage{%
      \clearpage%
      \if@twoside%
          \ifodd\c@page%
              % do nothing
          \else%
              \emptypage@emptypage%
          \fi%
      \fi%
  }%
}
\newcommand{\setnonempty}{%
  \let\cleardoublepage\oldcleardoublepage%
}
\makeatother
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\setempty
\chapter*{Preface}
\lipsum[1]

\mainmatter
\setnonempty
\chapter{1}
\lipsum[1]
\chapter{2}
\lipsum[1]

\backmatter
\setempty
\chapter*{Conclusions}
\lipsum[1]
\chapter*{At the end}
\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] How to not count blank pages in frontmatter of two-sided document

Here's how I'd do it with the book class:

\documentclass{book}

\makeatletter
\newcounter{blankpages}
\def\cleardoublepage{%
  \clearpage
  \if@twoside
    \ifodd\c@page
    \else
      \hbox{}\newpage\stepcounter{blankpages}%
      \thispagestyle{empty}%
      \if@twocolumn\hbox{}\newpage\fi
    \fi
  \fi
}
\newcommand{\@romannoblank}[1]{%
  \@roman{\numexpr#1-\value{blankpages}\relax}%
}
\makeatother


\begin{document}
\pagenumbering{Alph}
\pagestyle{empty}

\vspace*{\fill}
{\centering\Huge The title\par}
\vspace*{\fill}

\cleardoublepage

\frontmatter\setcounter{blankpages}{0}\pagenumbering{romannoblank}

\chapter{Project description}

Here we describe our project

\chapter{Preface}

Some text

\tableofcontents

\mainmatter

\chapter{First}

\end{document}

The important thing is not modifying the value of the page counter, or the setting of pages would be spoiled.

I checked it also with \documentclass{Thesis}. Here's a picture of the Table of Contents page:

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