Re: Is there a way to force the table of contents to an even page?

[Jeff Kingston]

I know you said that @ChapterStartOdd was exactly what you needed, but I'm
concerned that there is still some confusion.

> I can move the TOC to i and ii and change the "data" page numbers to
> start with 3, but the TOC is a left/right format instead of right/left.

(1) If the TOC is on pages i and ii, then it starts on a right page and
continues to a left page.  By a universal convention, always followed
everywhere, odd-numbered pages are right pages.

(2) The Book package has an option which allows all pages to be numbered
in a singled sequence, i.e. no Roman numerals.  It sounds like you need
that option.  The option is called

    @SeparateIntroNumbering

and you need to set its value to No.  You can do this by making your
own setup file, following the instructions in the User's Guide,
Section 4.1, and changing the option in that file.

(3) Are you sure that book is the right package?  I've never heard
of a book with a table of contents on page 1.  Perhaps you are really
making a technical report that happens to have a table of contents.
Lout's report package can do that, although you have to set a few
options to get what you want.  I myself often make a technical report
with a table of contents on the first page.

Hope this helps.

Jeff