Page properties are defined in page styles. Pages can be constrained for only left or only right. By default, your pages are formatted by Default Page Style page style which is both left and right.
There are two built-in page styles for your purpose: Left Page and Right Page which are constrained on a single side and alternate between each other.
Implementation is then quite easy.
I assume that several pages at the start of your document do not need the even/odd specificity. They already are under Default Page Style. Let them so.
If your document does not use styles, put the cursor at the very beginning of the first chapter. Remove the page break you already put there.
- Replace with
Insert>More Breaks>Manual Break.
- From the page style drop-down menu, select
Right Page
OK
Do the same at start of every chapter.
If you use styles, a new chapter begins with a Heading 1 paragraph. Customize Heading 1 definition to put the forced break to Right Page in the Text Flow tab. Then you won’t need to patch your chapters individually.
Note that Left Page/Right Page automatically add a blank page to satisfy the parity constraint. Don’t add manual page breaks or other empty paragraphs or you’ll end up with too many blank pages when you edit your document.
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