\documentclass{book} \usepackage[papersize={204mm,275mm}, top=17mm, bottom=17mm, outer=22mm, inner=20mm, includeheadfoot=false]{geometry} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{commedit} \clearpage \begin{commeditPreamble}{commented.tex} \documentclass{book} \usepackage[papersize={230mm,288mm}, top=15mm, bottom=17mm, outer=11mm, inner=4.5mm, includeheadfoot=false]{geometry} \usepackage{kantlipsum} \usepackage{ragged2e} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{commedit} \basepageargs{width=140mm} \commentsHook{\RaggedRight\parskip=0pt\parindent=1em\relax} \end{commeditPreamble} \begin{commeditText} \frontmatter \title{Commented edition} \author{Boris Veytsman} \date{November 2018} \maketitle \chapter{Introduction} \label{sec:intro-commented} This is the introuduction for the commented edition. Note that we use \textsl{lipsum} for the base edition and \textsl{kantlipsum} for the commented edition. Some gibberish\footnote{We can use footnotes here.}\ldots \kant[6-20] \mainmatter \chapter{First chapter} \label{sec:first-commented} \end{commeditText} \begin{document} \frontmatter \title{Base edition} \author{Boris Veytsman} \date{November 2018} \maketitle \chapter{Foreword} \label{chap:foreword} The foreword for the base edition \lipsum[1-5] \begin{commeditText} Now we switch back to the commented edition\footnote{A footnote}. Some equation in the text. \begin{equation} \label{eq:pi} e^{i\pi}=-1, \end{equation} and another one \begin{equation} \label{eq:sin} sin^2\phi+\cos^2\phi=1. \end{equation} And more gibberish: \kant[5-12] \end{commeditText} \mainmatter \chapter{Some thoughts} \label{chap:thoughts} Here we switch back to the base edition. \begin{commeditComments} Comments for the chapter~\ref{chap:thoughts} of the base edition\footnote{A footnote}. \begin{equation} e=mc^2 \end{equation} \kant[6] \end{commeditComments} An equation for the base edition: \begin{equation} \label{eq:Einstein} e=mc^2. \end{equation} And pseudo-lating gibberish. \lipsum[6-12] \begin{commeditComments} We can reference base equation~(\ref{eq:Einstein}) on base page~(\pageref{eq:Einstein}) and commented edition equations~(\ref{eq:pi}) and (\ref{eq:sin}) on the commented edition page~(\pageref{eq:pi}). More gibberish\footnote{A footnote for the comments.}. \kant[7] \end{commeditComments} More gibberish for base edition. \lipsum[15-17] \begin{commeditComments} Comments. \kant[4] \begin{equation} u=v\cdot a \end{equation} \end{commeditComments} \lipsum[3-2] \begin{commeditComments} \begin{itemize} \item item \item item \item item \end{itemize} \pagebreak More comments. Note the continuation pages\ldots \kant[8-20] \end{commeditComments} \lipsum[9-20] \begin{commeditComments} Here we add a figure. \begin{figure} \centering \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{vitruvian} \caption{Vitruvian man} \label{fig:vitruvian} \end{figure} There is no difference between starred and unstarred floats \begin{table*} \centering \begin{tabular}{ll} \toprule Gnus & Gnats\\ \midrule 12 & 20\\ 24 & 10\\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \caption{A table} \label{tab:table} \end{table*} \end{commeditComments} \begin{commeditText} \section{Final text} Here we add a real float. Note that it floats to the top of the page. \begin{figure}[t] \centering \includegraphics[width=.5\columnwidth]{vitruvian} \caption{Another vitruvian man} \label{fig:vitruvian1} \end{figure} \end{commeditText} \end{document}