Comments on: Controlling the page count in LaTeX

By: makeatother

makeatother — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:30:29 +0000

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By: gummi

gummi — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:21:25 +0000

Great — thanks a lot! Looks much more hard-core than my solution

By: kongo09

kongo09 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:19:16 +0000

Problem solved:

\usepackage{atbegshi}
\newcounter{abspage}
\AtBeginShipout{\stepcounter{abspage}}
\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{%
\AtEndDocument{%
\if@twoside %
\cleardoublepage
\pagestyle{empty}
\begingroup
\@tempcnta=\value{abspage}
\divide\@tempcnta by 4
\multiply\@tempcnta by 4
\ifnum \@tempcnta=\value{abspage} \else \null\cleardoublepage\fi
\endgroup
\fi
}%
}
\makeatother

By: kongo09

kongo09 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:18 +0000

I struggled a lot with this now. Tried all sorts of other counters, etc… but I can’t get it working. I’m suprprised that there is no package solving this everyday printing problem.

Should I come across something, I’ll post it here.

By: gummi

gummi — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:47:39 +0000

You’re right. Actually leaving out the front-matter was exactly what I needed, but in general you of course want to count that in. I don’t know of any other counter to use for this — let me know if you find a way to count everything in.

By: kongo09

kongo09 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:20:04 +0000

Thanks. This works – kind of.

Apparently, \value{page} uses the current page number for the calculation. That is fine unless you have some preface with its own page numbering, like a table of contents. In that case, you end up with a main content part being treated correctly, but not necessarily with the full document having the right number of pages.

By: gummi

gummi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:43:29 +0000

Yes, at least that is how I use it myself. Technically you can put the \def anywhere you’d like, but it’s customary to put it in the preamble, that is, before the document starts.

By: kongo09

kongo09 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:32:00 +0000

Thanks for the great suggestion!

Does that mean I put the \def part in my TeX file
before the \begin{document} and the \makepagesmultipleof4
just before the closing \end{document}?