Page Layout ⇒ Avoid blank space after chapters

[Seanshine]

Hi Johannes, thanks for coming back to me!

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\documentclass[
11pt,english, onehalfspacing, nolistspacing, liststotoc, headsepline,oneside, 
chapterinoneline, reqno, a4paper
%consistentlayout, change the layout of the declaration, abstract and acknowledgements pages to match the default layout
]{MastersDoctoralThesis}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsthm, amsmath, amssymb, amsfonts, exscale, latexsym, float, eucal, mathtools}
\usepackage{booktabs, floatrow, threeparttable, adjustbox, textcomp, mathpazo, lipsum}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex,style=authoryear,natbib=true]{biblatex}
\usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes}
\usepackage{apacite}
\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\addbibresource{References.bib}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%   ADDITIONAL THESIS FORMATTING
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\AtBeginDocument{
\hypersetup{pdftitle=\ttitle} % Set the PDF's title to your title
\hypersetup{pdfauthor=\authorname} % Set the PDF's author to your name
\hypersetup{pdfkeywords=\keywordnames} % Set the PDF's keywords to your keywords
}
\renewcommand{\chapterbelowskip}{\vspace{20pt}} % spacing after chapter title
\renewcommand*\chaptermarkformat{\chapapp \thechapter\enskip}
\renewcommand{\chapterfont}{\LARGE\bfseries}
\newcommand{\E}{\mathrm{E}}
\newcommand{\Var}{\mathrm{Var}}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.2} % in-text line spacing
\makeatletter % align list of figures and tables
 \renewcommand*\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{2}{0em}{3.2em}}
 \renewcommand*\l@table{\@dottedtocline{2}{0em}{3.2em}}
\makeatother
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%   MARGIN SETTINGS
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
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Where do you suggest to add in those lines? Because it didn't have the desired effect, yet.
What does

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\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\scr@startchapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{}
\makeatother
 
 
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do?

Thanks again! Best, Sean

[Johannes_B]

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\usepackage{apacite}
\bibliographystyle{apacite}
 
 
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You have to get errors with that. Those packages are incompatible with biblatex, which you are using a few lines earlier.

When did i tell you to use

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\makeatletter
    \patchcmd{\scr@startchapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{}
    \makeatother
 
 
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? Never.

[Seanshine]

I'll remove those few lines, not sure why I added them.

I've tried your suggestion in the preamble, but unfortunately it did not remove the blank spaces.

[Johannes_B]

I tested it, it does work.
Please show us a minimal working example.

[Seanshine]

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\documentclass[
11pt,english, onehalfspacing, nolistspacing, liststotoc, headsepline,oneside, 
chapterinoneline, reqno, a4paper
%consistentlayout, change the layout of the declaration, abstract and acknowledgements pages to match the default layout
]{MastersDoctoralThesis}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsthm, amsmath, amssymb, amsfonts, exscale, latexsym, float, eucal, mathtools}
\usepackage{booktabs, floatrow, threeparttable, adjustbox, textcomp, mathpazo, lipsum}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex, style=apa, natbib=true]{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{american}{american-apa}
\usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes}
\addbibresource{References.bib}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%   ADDITIONAL THESIS FORMATTING
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\AtBeginDocument{
\hypersetup{pdftitle=\ttitle} % Set the PDF's title to your title
\hypersetup{pdfauthor=\authorname} % Set the PDF's author to your name
\hypersetup{pdfkeywords=\keywordnames} % Set the PDF's keywords to your keywords
}
\renewcommand{\chapterbelowskip}{\vspace{20pt}} % spacing after chapter title
\renewcommand*\chaptermarkformat{\chapapp \thechapter\enskip}
\renewcommand{\chapterfont}{\LARGE\bfseries}
\newcommand{\E}{\mathrm{E}}
\newcommand{\Var}{\mathrm{Var}}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.2} % in-text line spacing
\makeatletter % align list of figures and tables
 \renewcommand*\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{2}{0em}{3.2em}}
 \renewcommand*\l@table{\@dottedtocline{2}{0em}{3.2em}}
\makeatother
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\chapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{}
\newcommand{\checktoopen}{%
    \ifdef{\phantomsection}{\phantomsection}{}%
}
 
 
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[Johannes_B]

The error messages never bothered you? Never mentioned them?
I made a copy mistake, it needs to be \renewcommand{\checktoopen}

Nevertheless, the fix works for your example, if i just ignore all error messages. Like using float and floatrow together. Or the fact that `\chapapp` is undefined.

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\documentclass[
11pt,english, onehalfspacing, nolistspacing, liststotoc, headsepline,oneside, 
hapterinoneline, reqno, a4paper,
nohyperref% For the MWE
%consistentlayout, change the layout of the declaration, abstract and acknowledgements pages to match the default layout
]{MastersDoctoralThesis}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\chapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{}
\renewcommand{\checktoopen}{%
        \ifdef{\phantomsection}{\phantomsection}{}%
}
\makeatletter
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\pagestyle{plain}
\tableofcontents 
\clearpage%\newpage% Do not use \newpage if you don't understand it
\listoffigures 
\listoftables 
\mainmatter
\pagestyle{thesis}
 \chapter{Wombat}
 \chapter{Capybara}
\end{document}
 
 
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What you see above is a minimal working example. What happens if you run exactly that code? Please show the log file as well (as attachment).

[Seanshine]

Errors:

1. Package floatrow Error: Do not use float package with floatrow.
2. Package biblatex Error: Biber backend is required by style.
3. Package biblatex Error: Option 'sorting=apa' invalid.

Is that what you need?

[Johannes_B]

Errors:

1. Package floatrow Error: Do not use float package with floatrow.
2. Package biblatex Error: Biber backend is required by style.
3. Package biblatex Error: Option 'sorting=apa' invalid.

Is that what you need?

No, this is what you need to fix.

What happens if you run exactly that code? Please show the log file as well (as attachment).

You did not answer my question.

[Seanshine]

I am working in ShareLatex, I clicked ''logs and output files''.

With running 'exactly that code' you mean open a 'blank' MastersDoctoralClass.cls and post in your code in the main?

[Johannes_B]

Yes, use a fresh copy of the template and use the code i posted as main.