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          xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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          xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
          xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
          version="5.0" xml:id="force.blank.pages">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>force.blank.pages</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">boolean</refmiscinfo>
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<refnamediv>
<refname>force.blank.pages</refname>
<refpurpose>Generate blank page to end on even page number</refpurpose>
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<xsl:param name="force.blank.pages" select="1"/>
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<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>

<para>If non-zero (the default), then each page sequence will be forced to
end on an even-numbered page, by inserting a blank page
if necessary. This will force the next page sequence to start
on an odd-numbered page, which is a standard convention
for printed and bound books.</para>

<para>If zero, then such blank pages will not be inserted.
Chapters will start on the next available page,
regardless of whether it is an even or odd number.
This is useful when publishing online where blank
pages are not needed.
</para>

<para>This param is independent of the 
<parameter>double.sided</parameter> parameter, which
just triggers the use of even and odd page sequence 
masters that differ in their header and footer placement.
So you can combine the two params for alternating
headers/footers and no blank pages.
</para>

</refsection>
</refentry>
