LaTeX offers the possibility of declaring the document as one-sided or two-sided, this wil arrange several elements to look fine in the chosen format.
Declaring a two-sided document is simple, just pass the twoside
parameter to the \documentclass
declaration.
\documentclass[twoside]{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \title{Two-sided document example} \author{ } \date{March 2014} \begin{document} \maketitle \section{Introduction} In a two-sided document the space in the inner side of the page is a bit larger. There are several commands that have a special version for two-sided documents, like figure alignment and page numbering. \end{document}
As you see, the margins are different than in a one-side document.
Lets see one next to other a one-side and a two-side document.
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,oneside]{book}
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,twoside]{book}
Headers, page numbering, margin notes and several other elements are reformatted when using a two-sided document
It is good way to define binding offset value for documents with binding (e.g. books) by using geometry package.
When inserting images in a two-sided document you can define the alignment relative to the edges of the page.
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