Add blank page after certain page in pdf Quarto

Question

I would like to add a blank page after certain page in pdf Quarto. I tried using \newpage like described here with this reproducible example:

---
title: "Add blank page after certain page"
format: pdf
---

# Chapter 1

Here some random text

\newpage

\newpage

# Chapter 2

Again random rext after white page

Output:

As you can see in the output, there is no blank page after the first page. I also tried \pagebreak like here, but that also doesn't work. So I was wondering if anyone knows how to add a blank page between two chapters in pdf Quarto?

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Answer 1 · 2023-01-14T20:15:07.823

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If you choose a suitable class, your "chapters" will become actual chapters and not just sections and the class will take care of inserting empty pages so your chapters will always start on odd pages:

---
title: "Add blank page after certain page"
format: 
  pdf:
    documentclass: scrbook
---

# Chapter 1

Here some random text

# Chapter 2

Again random rext after white page

edited Jan 14 '23 at 20:15

answered Jan 14 '23 at 20:00

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '23 at 18:03

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This works for me using this accepted answer:

---
title: "Add blank page after certain page"
format:
  pdf:
    include-in-header:
      - text: |
          \newcommand*\NewPage{\newpage\null\thispagestyle{empty}\newpage}
---

# Chapter 1

Here some random text

\NewPage

# Chapter 2

Again random rext after white page

answered Jan 14 '23 at 18:03

Julian

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please note that this approach will add counts for blank pages in the page numbers. – shafee Jan 14 '23 at 18:15
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@shafee Traditionally blank pages between chapters should be counted. Otherwise the correspondence between even/odd numbers on left/right pages would randomly shift during a book. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jan 14 '23 at 19:57

shafee · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-14T18:18:45.660

To add blank pages between chapters accounting for page numbers, we can follow this answer,

---
title: "Add blank page after certain page"
format:
  pdf:
    include-in-header:
      - text: |
          \usepackage{afterpage}
          \def\blankpage{%
          \clearpage%
          \thispagestyle{empty}%
          \addtocounter{page}{-1}%
          \null%
          \clearpage}
---

# Chapter 1

Here some random text

\blankpage

# Chapter 2

Again random rext after white page

Add blank page after certain page in pdf Quarto

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