[Tex/LaTex] Margins for even and odd page using the Memoir class

double-sidedmarginsmemoir

I have read a lot of posts about this topic now but still I cannot figure out why the even and odd pages has the same margin. I would like them to have different margins to make Space for the spine of the book. Can you help me?

My code looks like this:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{memoir}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Input encoding - Depending on editor
\usepackage{lmodern} % Modern LaTeX font
\usepackage[danish]{babel} % Language package
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Hyphenation
\usepackage{fix-cm} % Fix for cm
\usepackage{graphicx} % To handle pictures
\usepackage{xcolor} % To define colors
\usepackage{tikz} % Graphical tool
\usepackage{mathtools} % To use \eqref
\usepackage{url} % Use of urls in the text
\usepackage{varioref} % Smarter references
\usepackage{calc}% Auto calculate
\usepackage{lipsum} % Debugging text
\usepackage{sansmath,subfig} % Gives a warning because subfig loads caption
\usepackage[backend=bibtex8]{biblatex}
\usepackage{todonotes} % Giver mulighed for kommentarer
\addbibresource{referencer/my-bibliography-file.bib}

\title{Rapport}

\graphicspath{{figures/}} % Image path

\definecolor{ase_blue}{RGB}{10,55,136}

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%-------------------------- PDF - PROPERTIES -------------------------------%
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% Active links
\usepackage[plainpages=false,pdfpagelabels,pageanchor=false]{hyperref}

\hypersetup{pdfauthor={<The authors>}, pdftitle={<The
    title>},pdfsubject={<The subject>}}

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%---------------------------- Caption Font ---------------------------------%
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\DeclareCaptionFont{sansmath}{\sansmath}
\captionsetup{font={small,sf,sansmath}}
\captionsetup[subfloat]{font={small,sf,sansmath}}

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%---------------------------- MARGIN CONTROL -------------------------------%
%---------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\setlrmarginsandblock{3.5cm}{2.5cm}{*}
\setulmarginsandblock{3cm}{*}{1.2}
\checkandfixthelayout[nearest]
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{\oddsidemargin}

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%------------------------- FRONTPAGE - PROPERTIES -------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\usepackage{soul} % Letterspace package
\sodef\an{}{0.05em}{.5em plus.6em}{1em plus.1em minus.1em}
\newcommand\stext[1]{\an{\scshape#1}}
\newcommand{\logoHuge}{\fontsize{0.55cm}{0.8cm}\selectfont}
\newcommand{\SuperHuge}{\fontsize{1.2cm}{1.8cm}\selectfont}

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%------------------------- PAGESTYLE - PROPERTIES -------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\MakeUppercase{#1}}{}}

\makepagestyle{ase_report}
\makeevenhead{ase_report}{\small\sffamily\leftmark}{}{}
\makeevenfoot{ase_report}{\small\sffamily\thepage}{}{}
\makeoddhead{ase_report}{}{}{\small\sffamily\leftmark}
\makeoddfoot{ase_report}{}{}{\small\sffamily\thepage}

\makeatletter
\makepsmarks{ase_report}{%
  \renewcommand\chaptermark[1]{%
    \markboth{%
      \ifnum \value{secnumdepth} > 1
      \if@mainmatter % 
      \@chapapp\ \thechapter. \ %
      \fi
      \fi
      ##1}{}}%
  \renewcommand\tocmark{\markboth{\contentsname}{\contentsname}}%
  \renewcommand\lofmark{\markboth{\listfigurename}{\listfigurename}}%
  \renewcommand\lotmark{\markboth{\listtablename}{\listtablename}}%
  \renewcommand\bibmark{\markboth{\bibname}{\bibname}}%
  \renewcommand\indexmark{\markboth{\indexname}{\indexname}}%
  \renewcommand\sectionmark[1]{\markright{##1}}%
  \renewcommand\subsectionmark[1]{\markright{##1}}%
  \renewcommand\subsubsectionmark[1]{\markright{##1}}%
}

\copypagestyle{plain}{ase_report}
\makeoddhead{plain}{}{}{}
\makeoddfoot{plain}{}{}{\small\sffamily\thepage}

\pagestyle{ase_report}
\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{plain}

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%--------------------- HEADING - SECTION ----------------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\newcommand{\ruledsec}[1]{%
  \Large\bfseries\sffamily\raggedright #1
  \color{ase_blue}\rule[15pt]{\textwidth}{1.0pt}} % Section with ruler
\setsecheadstyle{\ruledsec} % Define section head style

\setfloatlocations{figure}{htp}
\setfloatlocations{table}{htp}

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%--------------------- HEADING - SUBs-SECTION -----------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\addtocounter{secnumdepth}{2} % Depth numbering

\setsubsecheadstyle{\large\bfseries\sffamily\raggedright}
\setsubsubsecheadstyle{\Large\bfseries\sffamily\raggedright}

\setsechook{\hangsecnum} % Hang the section number in margin
\setsubsechook{\defaultsecnum} % Don't do this on the subsections
\setsubsubsechook{\defaultsecnum}
\setaftersecskip{5pt} % Default skip between the section and text

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%------------------------- TOC - PROPERTIES -------------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\raggedbottomsectiontrue % The page may not be strected on page breaks
\setsecnumdepth{subsubsection} % Set section depth in the TOC
\maxsecnumdepth{subsubsection} % Max of section depth in the TOC
\settocdepth{subsection} % Up to and including subsection

\setlength{\cftbeforechapterskip}{1.0em plus 0.1em minus 0.1em} % Space from chapters
%\chapterprecistoc{Text in TOC}

\addto\captionsenglish{
  \renewcommand*{\cftchaptername}{Chapter{\space}}
  \renewcommand*{\cftfigurename}{Fig.{\space}}
  \renewcommand*{\contentsname}{Table of Contents}
  \renewcommand*{\abstractname}{Abstract}
  \renewcommand*{\listfigurename}{List{\space}of{\space}Figures}
  \renewcommand*{\listtablename}{List{\space}of{\space}Tables}
  \renewcommand*{\appendixtocname}{Appendices}
  \renewcommand*{\appendixpagename}{Appendices}
}

\addto\captionsdanish{
  \renewcommand*{\cftchaptername}{Kapitel\space}
  \renewcommand*{\cftfigurename}{Fig.\space}
  \renewcommand*{\abstractname}{Resumé}
  \renewcommand*{\contentsname}{Indholdsfortegnelse}
  \renewcommand*{\listfigurename}{Liste{\space}af{\space}Figurer}
  \renewcommand*{\listtablename}{Liste{\space}af{\space}Tabeller}
  \renewcommand*{\appendixtocname}{Appendiks}
  \renewcommand*{\appendixpagename}{Appendiks}
}
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%------------------------- CHAPTER STYLE ----------------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\makechapterstyle{ase_chapterstyle}{
  \setlength{\beforechapskip}{30pt}
  \setlength{\afterchapskip}{1.5cm}
  \renewcommand*{\printchaptername}{}
  \renewcommand*{\chapnumfont}{\normalfont\sffamily\bfseries\fontsize{60}{0}\selectfont}
  \renewcommand*{\printchapternum}{
    \flushright
    \begin{tikzpicture}
      \draw[fill,color=ase_blue] (0,0) rectangle (2.5cm,2.5cm);
      \draw[color=white] (1.25cm,1.25cm) node { \chapnumfont\thechapter };
    \end{tikzpicture}
  }
  \renewcommand*{\chaptitlefont}{\normalfont\sffamily\Huge\bfseries\color{black}}
  \renewcommand*{\printchaptertitle}[1]{%
    \raggedright\chaptitlefont\parbox[t]{\textwidth}{\raggedright##1}}
}

\chapterstyle{ase_chapterstyle}

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%------------------------- USER DEFINED COMMANDS --------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% Define some macros
%\setlength{\parindent}{4em} %Paragrafindryk
\setlength{\parskip}{\f@size pt}   %Paragrafnedrykning


\begin{document}
%\includeonly{testing} %If you don't want to compile every time
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%------------------------- FRONT MATTER -----------------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\frontmatter
\include{forside} % Include the frontpage

% Page number in roman style
\pagenumbering{roman}
\include{underskrifter}
\clearpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\abstractname}
\include{abstract}
\clearpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\contentsname}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\tableofcontents*

\clearpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\listoffigures*
\clearpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\listoftables*

%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%------------------------- MAIN MATTER ------------------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\mainmatter
\include{kapitler/1Indledning}
\include{kapitler/2RelateretArbejde}
\include{kapitler/3Indforing}
\include{kapitler/3Indforing}
\include{kapitler/Dybde}
\include{kapitler/Dybde}
\include{kapitler/Dybde}
\include{kapitler/Diskussion}
\include{kapitler/Konklusion}
\include{testside} % Include the chapters
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%------------------------- BACK MATTER ------------------------------------%
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------%

\appendixpage

\appendix
%\addtocontents{toc}{\cftpagenumbersoff{chapter}}
\include{appendiks/appendixA}

\backmatter

\printbibliography

\end{document}

%%% Local Variables: 
%%% mode: latex
%%% TeX-master: t
%%% End:

Best Answer

The following line kills your page setup; I don't know why it is there but comment it out and you are back in business

\setlength{\evensidemargin}{\oddsidemargin}

Please don't put your whole thesis for a question like this. I've commented out everything and put a lipsum content in the main matter which was sufficient to find the problem.

You have \setbinding{<length>} as given in the manual for space (see the manual)

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[Tex/LaTex] problems with different margins for odd/even pages and openright does not work

First of all you should either rely on scrbook methods for setting the page parameters (via the document class options and possibly the typearea package) or use geometry. With the call

\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper}

you're overriding the options BCOR18mm,DIV10.

Let's see what you get without geometry (even page on the left, odd on the right):

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Here's what you get with geometry (same layout):

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As you can see the layouts are rather different.

The geometry package adopts a "2-3" division: the horizontal space in the page after subtracting the line width and the binding correction (to be specified with the option bindingoffset=<length>) is divided in five parts; two are for the inner margin, three for the outer margin. The same for the top and bottom margin. The line width depends on the main font size.

The scrbook class, by itself, computes the margins and the line width in a combined way; DIVn (where n is an integer) means:

Subtract the binding correction (specified with BCOR) from the paper width;
Divide the remaining space into n parts, both horizontally and vertically;
On an odd page, the leftmost vertical strip is the left (inner) margin and the two rightmost strips the right (outer) margin;
On an even page do the reverse;
The uppermost horizontal strip is the top margin (where also the headers will sit), the two lowermost horizontal strips is the bottom margin.

Both methods, by default, reserve more space for the outer margin and there are very good reasons for this. One, most commonly stated, is that the inner margin appears "doubled" when the book is flat open; another is that when you keep a book in your hands, the thumbs cover the outer margin; another is that the outer margin is frequently used for annotations.

History has proved that having wider outer margins is useful (and not only the well known affair with Fermat and his unfortunately too narrow margin).

[Tex/LaTex] Set different margins for even and odd pages

It looks as if you might be using the memoir document class, so here's an answer for that case.

\setlrmarginsandblock actually sets the margins as they would be on a recto or odd-numbered page in a document intended for two-sided printing. Thus left corresponds to the inner margin and right to the outer.

If you use the oneside class option, all pages will be laid out the same.

If you use the twoside option, then the recto pages will be laid out as you specify, and the verso (even) pages will be laid out with the margins reversed.

You should use \setlrmarginsandblock just once, in the preamble (before \begin{document}). Don't forget that you will also need to call \checkandfixthelayout to put your layout into effect.

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