How to let all the pagestyle of pages from \frontmatter to \mainmatter empty

Question

\frontmatter may include

• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preference
• and other parts

Now, I want to set up the pagestyle of pages range from the tag \frontmatter to the tag \mainmatter be plain. that is said all of \tableofcontents,\listoffigures,\listoftables,preference parts should not contain page number, page head, page foot. I dont want to set them one by one with \thispagestyle. the \pagestyle of all pages in \mainmatterpart should be fancy.

I think if I can deal with \frontmatter, I also can apply the method to \mainmatter to \backmatter.

Am I right?

Answer 1

According to the revised version of the question, you (may) want:

\documentclass{book}                                                        
\usepackage{lipsum, fancyhdr}                                               

\begin{document}                                                            

\pagestyle{empty}                                                           
% pagestyle{plain}                                                          
\frontmatter                                                                

\lipsum[1]                                                                  

\mainmatter                                                                 
\pagestyle{fancy}                                                           

\chapter{1}                                                                 
\section{1}                                                                 
\lipsum                                                                     


\backmatter                                                                 
\pagestyle{empty}                                                           
%\pagestyle{plain}                                                          

\lipsum[1]                                                                  

\end{document} 

Edit: If you want to wrap these changes into a .sty file, you could do this:

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]                                        
\ProvidesPackage{myfile}                                                    
  [2012/05/02 v0.01 modifications to the *matter commands]                  


\RequirePackage{etoolbox}                                                   
\appto\frontmatter{\pagestyle{empty}}                                       
\appto\mainmatter{\pagestyle{fancy}}                                        
\appto\backmatter{\pagestyle{empty}}                                        


\endinput

Name this file myfile.sty and load it in the preamble of your document with the usual \usepackage{myfile}. Note that the name of this file is arbitrary, and the first three lines as well as the last line are not strictly needed.

However, I do not really see the advantage of hard-wiring such changes into the \*matter commands, even if I agree with the idea that generic formatting changes are often better put into a .sty file for complex documents.

Answer 2

Following will make the changes in the document as your question demands.

\documentclass[twoside,openany]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

%%-define header and footer for main matter
\fancypagestyle{headings}{%
  \fancyhf{}   % Clear all headers and footers first
  %% Right headers on odd pages
  \fancyhead[RO,LE]{My right heading}%you can use \leftmark or right mark as per need.
  \fancyhead[LO,RE]{My left heading}%you can use \leftmark or right mark as per need.
  \fancyhead[C]{Center} 
  \fancyfoot[RO,LE]{\thepage}
  \fancyfoot[LO,RE]{Me}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}

%% -------define pagestyle {plain} to be {empty} (without using fancyhdr)
 \makeatletter
 \let\ps@plain\ps@empty
 \makeatother
%----------------------------------------------
\title{My title}
\author{Me}
%----------------------------------------------
\begin{document}
\maketitle
%----------------------------------------------
\pagestyle{empty} % declare all pages to have empty header and footer.
%----------------------------------------------
\frontmatter

\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables

\cleardoublepage
%----------------------------------------------
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  %% Clear all headers and footers
  \fancyhf{}
  \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}
%----------------------------------------------
\pagestyle{headings}

\mainmatter


\part{Hello World}
\clearpage
\chapter{Test one}
\lipsum[1-5]
\section{My section one}
\lipsum[1]
\part{Goodbye World}
\chapter{Test two}
\lipsum[1]
\section{My section two}
\lipsum[1]
%----------------------------------------------
\backmatter

%%---Redefine plain page style now using fancyhdr for a change
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  %% Clear all headers and footers
  \fancyhf{}
  \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}
%  \makeatletter
%  \let\ps@plain\ps@empty
%  \makeatother
\pagestyle{empty}
%----------------------------------------------
\chapter{Test one}
\lipsum[1]
%----------------------------------------------
\end{document}