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I think you're describing the book layout, which has a broader inner margin by default. So pages destined for the left side have a wider right margin, and vice versa. The parent is describing a situation where the inner margin has to get progressively wider as page numbers increase, which I'd personally never heard of. It does sound like something a macro could handle.

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Yes, that's what I meant. Perhaps it's related to the way the printing company produced the books, so this might not be an issue with other companies.

My memory is a bit fuzzy about the details, maybe it was about the inner margins of left-hand side and right-hand side changing. Maybe someone else recognises what I mean? :)

Since Latex is very powerful, I'm sure there is a way to code that behaviour in. But I had spent too many hours already on that project and I was happy with the result anyway, so I stopped investigating.

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