[Tex/LaTex] How to start new chapters on the right hand side

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I use the report document class, and I would like that chapters always start on the right hand side, anyone an idea how this could be easily done?

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Use \documentclass[twoside,openright]{report}. (The openright class option without twoside will not suffice, as LaTeX views every page as "right" page in oneside mode.)

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Use the document class option openany or consider using the report class instead, where this is the default.

There are two related document class options:

openright: makes chapters begin on right hand pages, default for the book class
openany: makes chapters begin on the next available page, default for the report class

Also the margins are differently treated in book and report, which can be customized by options:

twoside: double sided output style, for different inner and outer margin, default for the book class
oneside: single sided output, for equal left and right margin, default for the report class and for article.

The default behavior can be changed by specifying such an option when loading the class, for example

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,openany]{book}

Besides the standard classes, further classes support these options, such as amsbook, scrbook, screprt and memoir. These classes may support further options, such as openleft in memoir.

[Tex/LaTex] How to force LaTeX to put even pages on the right hand side in documentclass article

With the article class and the twoside class option enabled, the outer page margins will be twice as large as the inner margins (conforming to rather venerable typographic rules ;-)), and there is no binding correction. It seems you assumed LaTeX would horizontally center the textblock and add some binding correction, and so you took even (left-hand) pages for odd (right-hand) pages and vice versa.

As you cannot use another class, try the geometry package and its hcentering and bindingoffset options -- this should result in the desired margins.

\documentclass[twoside]{article}

\usepackage[hcentering,bindingoffset=8mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-12]

\end{document}

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