I am writing my thesis in Latex, using texmaker but i have too many white pages that i want to get rid of but don't know how. Maybe someone here has an idea:) Here is a MWE:
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\include{...}
\end{titlepage}
\include{./chapters/statutory_declaration}
\clearpage
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}
\frontmatter
\include{./chapters/abstract} %% without this everything is exactly as I wish.. but I'd like to include the abstract on the left page right next to the table of contents... if I include it like this there is another blank page between the statutory_declaration and the abstract and between abstract and table of contents....
\tableofcontents
\setcounter{page}{0}
\mainmatter
\include{./chapters/introduction}
\include{./chapters/chapter_01}
\include{./chapters/chapter_02}
\include{./chapters/chapter_03}
\include{./chapters/conclusion}
%% Bibliography
\bibliographystyle{alpha}
\bibliography{...}
\end{document}
If someone could help me I would be really thankful!!! Since this is my very first MWE just let me know if I missed something important for you to know. Thank you!
\include...statements by\chapter{...}textprobably produces something close to what you are seeing. Perhaps https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/139289/15925 could help with solving your actual problem. – Andrew Swann Nov 29 '18 at 12:05\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{book}or use the answer of Adrew for only some parts, but if the reason is save paper, btw you could also\renewcommand{\clearpage}{}... However, do you want to present some kind of brochure or a formal thesis? For the second is always a bad idea do not allow blank pages avoiding start chapters only in even pages. – Fran Nov 29 '18 at 14:24