Thanks Dave. I have just checked the "memoir" class manual and have
found this fact. As I have no use for a bigger outer margin, but I'll
do for an inner one (bindings), I have added the "anysize" package to
the preamble:
\usepackage{anysize}
\marginsize{4.5cm}{3cm}{3cm}{3cm}
Thanks for your tip.
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Julio Rojas
jcredbe...@gmail.com
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 2:57 PM, case <c...@biomaps.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009, Julio Rojas wrote:
>
>> Dear all, I am using LyX with a book (Memoir) class to write my
>> thesis. I have seen that though the page number is on the right (left)
>> side of odd (even) pages, the inner margin (the biggest one) is also
>> to the right (left) side of odd (even) pages. So, the page number is
>> always on the same side of the biggest margin, which is wrong as they
>> should be on opposite sides. I haven't touched the way LyX/LaTeX
>> handles this issue, so I would like to know why the standard way of
>> handling it is erroneous, at least to my knowledge.
>
> Why do you equate "inner margin" with "the biggest one"? In a standard book
> layout, the opposite would be true. This has been discussed many times on
> this mailing list, so a search of the archives may help.
>
> Say reply for the page numbers: generally, the page number would be at the
> same side of the page as the bigger (outer) margin.
>
> ...dave case
>
>
