{chapters} is about the \chapter command which is one of the sectioning commands forming the logical structure of documents. This tag should only be used *in addition* to the more general {sectioning}.

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Emulating book-class-sectioning using titlesec and modifiying it

In short: Prerequisite: Need to emulate book-class for \part and \chapter using titlesec Change both to hang, start on same page Add titlerule to \chapter I want to optimize my rather hacked ...
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Compile separate document chapters into book w/o duplicate references?

I am trying to collect a set of independent documents, each with its own preamble and begin{document} and \end{document} lines into a book. I have looked into the subfiles package and tried \include ...
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Chapter style like this without memoir?

I was looking for style inspiration for my thesis and I came across this chapter style: As far as I am concerned memoir class is capable of this kind of typography like specified in Bringhurst ...
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Table of Contents page numeration in a Latex document

I have a document with Chapters and endnotes, and a table of contents (TOC). In order not to generate a number for the last chapter (Epilogue), I use \chapter*{Epilogue} in the code and then I put an ...
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Why do hyperref's \hyperlink and \hyperref and TOC link behaviors differ for first chapter vs. others

Why do neither \hyperlink nor \hyperref (either explicitly or from the TOC) not go to the page top for Chapter 1, but they both do for Chapter 2 in the below code? \documentclass{book} ...
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renewcommand chapter

Just a short question: I want to renew the chapter command, so that I can manipulate the distance between the chapter number and the chapter title in my header, currently I have defined my header as: ...
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Show chapter in Table of Contents but do not print its header in text

I would like to list some pages of my report under a chapter. This chapter should be printed in the text without the header but with an entry in the Table of Contents. It should look like this: TOC: ...
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How to fit the title into a single line?

I think I am just too new to the LaTeX environment. Do I just change the font size to fit the title into a single line? Then how do one change the font size of the title? Is there any other ...
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Vertically center block of text including chapter for dedication page

I have a dedication page in my book (using \documentclass[a4paper,11pt,openany,oneside]{book}. It is in a separate chapter and contains two small paragraphs. The chapter is on a separate page. At the ...
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Why do I get the error “! Illegal parameter number in definition of \appendix.”while redefining the \appendix command?

I'm trying to redefine the \appendix command so that my appendix headings go to the top of the pages. To do this, I tried the following code, but I get the error ! Illegal parameter number in ...
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Separate book into parts and chapters

I am working with the book document class and want to create something like this. Moreover, in the Table of Contents I want the "Part" to be under- and over-lined and not to be numbered. I think of ...
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Chapter colorized in different colors

Is it possible to give to each chapter a different color coming from something like a color array? I basically know how to colorize text, but for that purpose the color value is fixed. What I want to ...
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fancy chapter title page for entire document

How to enable this style as well for TOC and bibliographypage ? Note that, I'm using scrreprt document class
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coloring every chapter name in the document

My question is directly related to post-processing using authoring packages like etoolbox for instance. I've included the package as follow : \usepackage{etoolbox} what i try to do is to prepend ...
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Disable chapter separation in \listoffigures and \listoftables

I use \listoffigures and \listoftables. Both commands create line breaks for items from different chapters. How can you stop that? Screenshot:
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Why do I get this undesired vertical space between “chapter #” and Chapter Heading?

In my document, one of my chapter title lasts more than one line, so I want to increase the space between its lines. To do this, I used \linespread{1.8}\selectfont in the code below, but by using ...
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Single chapter in two languages

I'm writing a thesis in english but I have to insert some abstracts in Italian (my native language). In particular I have to write an introduction of each chapter in Italian. I mean Chapter 1 (in ...
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Modify default memoir chapter style

I'm using memoir and using its default chapter style. what I'm looking to do is to change the format from chapter 1 chapter title to something like this: chapter 1: chapter title I'm ...
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Symbol for chapter endings?

Is there an accepted way of marking a chapter ending? Right now I have new chapters start on new pages, but that leaves the last page of the previous chaater looking rather unfinished. I know that ...
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Memoir chapter headings

I'm using memoir class and I would like to know if it's possible to change the heading name of a specific chapter because the chapter title is too long and it's not well displayed as a heading in each ...
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Including section multiple times

I have a few sections of content I want repeated in multiple chapters. When I include it twice it looks fine in the document but references within that section always go to the section that is ...
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Strange behaviour after adding a chapter [duplicate]

My problem is that after adding a chapter now I have a blank page with just these characters: ï¾ The page is between the new chapter and appendix A. I'm wondering why. How ca I get rid of that ...
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What variable contains the word “Appendix” when a chapter is an appendix?

I've designed a whole new fancy chapter header layout, and have hard coded the word "Chapter" in there before the chapter number. I just realized now that this won't work because I have an appendix ...
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Change chapter number font only

I would like to redefine the \thechapter command in the aim to use the eurb10 font only for the chapter number. I try something like : \newfont{\ChapNumbFont}{eurb10} \renewcommand \thechapter ...
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How do I hide “Chapter 0” in this custom style when using a numberless chapter?

Everything works perfect when I use \chapter{chaptername}, but I noticed that my table of contents and other similar non-numbered chapters have a "Chapter 0" in my header. \titleformat{\chapter} ...
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Changing font size of chapter title without changing table of content font size

I am using document class report and I want to change the font size of chapter titles. I defined the following command to change title font size ...
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How to change the font and size of the Chapters titles and numbers

This is a follow-up question to Question about Bjornstrup, where, in the answers, Gonzalo Medina posted a short script on how to change the background and numbers colors of a specific Chapter format. ...
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Two-line spanning number in chapter title

I try to have the chapter's number in my document twice as big as the title on the left and the two-line chapter title on the right. The number should span two lines, so the two lines of the title are ...
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Using minitoc in included chapters?

I'm writing a thesis. It is structured as a main thesis.tex document, that uses \include to include individual chapters written in separate documents. I would like to include a mini-toc at the ...
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How to customize chapter heading style?

I have customized the default chapter style like below. The chapter number font is Garamond number font, whereas the main text is Times font. The codes: \documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{book} ...
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Layout for longer chapter title in Memoir class

I am using \chapterstyle{section} with \Huge\sffamily font. This means that some longer chapter titles spread over two lines. I get (a larger version of!) 2 A long title splitting as illustrated ...
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Two horizontal lines above and under chapter-entry [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Title between lines Can anybody please tell me how to get horizontal lines above and under the \chapter{MyChapter}? Here is an example:
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Spacing problem at chapter end

For most of the chapters in my document, LaTeX lays out the text wonderfully. The text goes right down to the page number. However, for a few of the chapters, I have the problem pictured above. ...
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Add a hrule to only chapter not numbered

I am thinking of adding a hrule to only chapters that are not numbered, in other words the chapters created using chapter*{}. I thought of using the titlesec package- My problem is that I cannot find ...
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Change chapter heading format [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Chapter formatting Could someone help me with this problem with my document? Instead of generating the following: % % % % Chapter 2 Title % % % % I would like the ...
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Added chapter with \addcontentsline does not appear on ToC

I add four chapters with \addcontentsline after \bibliography, however, there are only three chapters appearing in the Table of Contents. Could you please tell me what I should do? Sorry for my ...
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Chapter name in the header with \chapter*

I need to display the chapter name with the \chapter* command to the left side of the header. This is one example of what I tried: \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,oneside]{book} ...
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Ruler below chapter heading [duplicate]

I am writing my thesis work using Lyx. Could anyone please help me with the code for positioning a ruler below the chapter title? The code I have doesn't display any ruler below the chapter title. ...
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Chapter's title page before every chapter, and every chapter with its title

I am doing a research work and I googled half an hour and found nothing about this. Is there some way to get a title page (without any style) for every chapter? I think the "without style" thing is ...
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Section+Subsection in the header AND chapter in the footer using book (memoir)

I' writing my thesis in LyX with book (memoir) style. I would like to personalize the headers and footers but I cannot use the fancy package since I'm in the memoir style. So (being a novice in ...
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scrpage2: footer on chapter-starting pages

I am using scrpage2 and have defined the header and footer. Is it possible to display the footer also on pages where the chapter begins? I guess this has to work. Header is not necessary on those ...
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fancy chapter title page

How can I have a chapter title page like the following? Note that, I'm using book document class
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How to display Arabic numerals with \ref but Roman numerals otherwise?

To show all chapter numbers as Roman numerals, I’m using \renewcommand\thechapter{\Roman{chapter}} The fourth chapter, for instance, is therefore “Chapter IV” everywhere. Is it possible to show ...
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Bringhurst chapter style in memoir

I'm trying to imitate Robert Bringhurst's chapter style in memoir. The class includes one such chapter style, but does not typeset the chapter number on the right side margin, as in Bringhurst's book. ...
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changing chapterstyle in memoir

I have the following MWE \documentclass[a4paper, 10pt]{memoir} \usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb} \usepackage[per-mode=symbol, ...
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two chapters on same page in memoir

I am writing a preface, which consists of roughly ten sentences describing my work. I have to write this in both English and Swedish. Same content, merely different languages. I have chosen to have ...
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Removing blank page before chapter [closed]

When I start my chapter by including a figure, the preceeding page automatically becomes blank. I'm using the report document class. I have a main .tex file from which I include other .tex files ...
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How to make front-matter page number non-bold in ToC?

Shown in the following pic: It seems the Roman page number for front-matter look too dark in ToC, so how to make it as normal font but not change the bold Arabic number for chapters?
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double-page spread chapter page with chapter number

I'm creating a thesis which should have a double-page spread chapter page with an background image. I'm almost there, however when using \thechapter is gives me the previous chapter number, wich ...
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Remove 'Chapter' text from chapter headings and have chapter number on the same line as chapter title [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Chapter formatting Apologies if this is something simple, but I seem to be searching in the wrong place for an answer. I have a document of type report. It is currently ...

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