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I have different margins in odd/even pages (set with inner and outer in geometry), and I want to use the extra outer margin to give more space to figures, tables and possibly some other floats, so that they are aligned to the inner margin. Moreover, I want this to be done automatically.

I have read a number of Q&A on wide figures, but usually the problem is about centering the figure with respect to the text.

Massimo
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  • See if adjustwidth environment defined in the changepage can help you. Foe showing an example, please provide MWE which reproduce your problem. – Zarko Dec 14 '20 at 21:08
  • latex out of the box does not support this as the float is set before it is known on which page it will be placed but I posted an answer here a while ago that allowed you to save two versions and use different setting on odd and even, I'll find it... – David Carlisle Dec 14 '20 at 21:18
  • https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/56017/formatting-floats-differently-based-on-placement/87861#87861 – David Carlisle Dec 14 '20 at 21:23
  • actually odd/even is easier than top/bottom so John's answer below is better than the link I give above but I'll leave the link there as it's related. – David Carlisle Dec 14 '20 at 22:33
  • It seems that putting the content of the float into the environment adjustwidth* solves the problem pretty well – Massimo Dec 15 '20 at 22:27

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The ifoddpage package can be used inside a float. It takes two runs to transfer the information via the aux file.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ifoddpage}
\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[p]
\begin{minipage}[c][\textheight][c]{\linewidth}% fill entire page
\checkoddpage
\ifoddpage
  This is an odd page.
\else
  This is an even page.
 \fi
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}


\begin{figure}[p]
\begin{minipage}[c][\textheight][c]{\linewidth}% fill entire page
\checkoddpage
\ifoddpage
  This is an odd page.
\else
  This is an even page.
 \fi
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}


\end{document}
John Kormylo
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