Latex : Extra page remove

Question

I am new to LaTeX. I have no idea about it at all and I am facing a problem. When writing a report the NEW CHAPTER always starts with odd page causing an empty page on my report. How can I remove it? I have read other answers on stackoverflow but could not make out what to be done.

\documentclass[12pt]{report} 
\usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1in, left=1in, right=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage{times} 
\begin{document} 
%\pagestyle{empty} 
\input{first} 
\pagestyle{plain} 
\pagenumbering{arabic} 
\newpage 
\input{declaration} 
\newpage 
\input{acknowledgement} 
\newpage 
\input{abstract} 
\tableofcontents 
\listoffigures 
\input{chapter1} 
\include{chapter2} 
\include{chapter3} 
\include{conclusion} 
\include{references} 
\pagestyle{plain} 
\pagenumbering{arabic} 
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References} 
\end{document}

first.tex

\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
   Some title text
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}

Glyceric

\documentclass[12pt]{report} \usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1in, left=1in, right=1in]{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{times} \begin{document} %\pagestyle{empty} \input{first} \pagestyle{plain} \pagenumbering{arabic} \newpage \input{declaration} \newpage \input{acknowledgement} \newpage \input{abstract} \tableofcontents \listoffigures \input{chapter1} \include{chapter2} \include{chapter3} \include{conclusion} \include{references} \pagestyle{plain} \pagenumbering{arabic} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References} \end{document} This is the main page. :) – Glyceric

From what i can see,its all expanded only :/ – Glyceric

The problem was not before.I started using begin{flushleft} in each chapter.Can it be a problem? – Glyceric

To open the chapter on any page (not strictly an odd page), add openany to your \documentclass options. – Hardtack

Answer 1

So I solved my problem. What i did was i remove \begin{flushleft} from all the chapters and used RaggedRight at the main tex file.

Glyceric

Answer 2

use this for deleting blankpage

\let\clearpage\relax

Kimberli

Works! But some explanation would be helpful. – Whiplash

Answer 3

I think I know where the issue is. Remove the

\newpage 

after

\pagenumbering{arabic} 

Pu

One of the other \include files has a \section that creates the section header. Where is it and how does it look like? (I have to go to bed right now...) – Pu

Answer 4

If you are writing book use \documentclass[10pta4paper,openany]{book}, in the start of document it will definitely solve your problem.

Sow

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the report class is onesided by default - this "will definitely" not "solve your problem" – Grownup