{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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Right align chapter number to the chapter name when using memoir with veelo style
I am using the memoir document class and the veelo chapter style.
I'm having trouble aligning the chapter number to the right so it has the same right margin as the section name.
Because of the page ...
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2answers
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Adding a footnote to the end of chapters
I need to add a single (possibly more) footnote to the end of the chapter (bottom of last page of chapter).
I do not want a whole complex thing to do this simple task. I simply want to put some text ...
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General help with 'report' chapter numbering and bibliography [closed]
I've slightly 'inherited' a set up from another document and it's not behaving as I'd wish right now... Here is the preamble,
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,twoside]{report}
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Jenor chapter style
Is it possible to get the Jenor chapter style available with the memoir documentclass in the scrreprt documentclass (Koma-script)?
Here is a link to Jenor style.
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How to save and restore chapter's heading format
I am writing my thesis using a template provided by the university. It requires using the report class. To format the headings in the front matter, it uses the titlesec package and redefine the format ...
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1answer
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Manually Break line in custom chapter title
\documentclass[openany, 10pt]{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[MeX]{polski}
\usepackage{titleps}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand\cftchapaftersnum{.}% adds dot ...
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2answers
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Chapters without the “chapter” text in content [closed]
Is there any way to use chapters without the Chapter 1 etc listings? I want only the chapter name to appear not the number.
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how to end chapter* and start chapter
In my thesis template, the dedication and acknowledgements are chapter*{} while other chapters are chapter{}. The problem comes using the hyperref-bookmarks. What happens is the table of contents, ...
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Are there any packages similar to fncychap?
I use fncychap this way:
\usepackage[Conny]{fncychap}
This lets me have pretty decent chapters, ToC and title page design. But the options are scarce and too popular.
Are there any other packages ...
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1answer
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Appendix pages placement and layout
I use \chapter{Appendix I} to create an Appendix I title however it appears as shown below:
Then I use \chapter*{Appendix I} to remove the Chapter 10 part but when I do that the Appendix I no ...
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Space before chapters titles in ClassicThesis
I want to add some space before the chapters titles in classicthesis to get an effect like this thesis so I have modified the classicthesis.sty in this manner:
% chapters
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How to get two tableofcontents (general and detailled)?
I often see two table of contents in books - one for the big overview, one very detailled. I would like to have that too for a book based on Springers svmono template.
I have numbered chapters and ...
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\chapter command and skak package
Is there a way to write a chapter title using chess figurines?
I'm using the skak package and
\chapter{\mainline{1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6}}
doesn't work. Same error using the \variation command.
I'll post ...
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Book layout Contents, Chapter, Section,
my goal is to get new style of Table of Contents, new style of Chapter and new style of section. I there is one more: how to change itemize native symbol for a black square?
Table of Contents: text ...
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3answers
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Chapter list in TOC whilst using \chapter{} only
I have a fiction book to typeset and I am using scrbook class as I thought that it is very flexible. For every chapter beginning I am using \chapter{} command and leave the field inside {} empty, so ...
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Strange behaviour with figure on chapter first page [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?
When I compile the following latex snippet:
\documentclass[11pt]{report}
...
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Chapters that openleft unless the chapter is only one page long
I'm using the memoir class, and would like new chapters to begin on the left-hand page, unless the chapters in question are only one page long.
Neither openleft nor openany give this behavior.
I am ...
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1answer
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nameref changes header when referencing a chapter*
I'm writing a LaTeX document with book as document class and compiled with pdflatex. TexLive version is latest 2012.
For introduction (and conclusions) chapter, I'm using:
\chapter*{Introduction ...
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1answer
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Modifying the location of page number on the first page of chapter to fit within height
I am working on writing my masters thesis, for which the layout requirements are:
1.5 inch margin on left, 1 inch on all other side
Page number on top right on every page, except for first page of ...
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votes
1answer
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Creating a specific chapter style using memoir
I'm completely new to using TeX but have managed over the past couple of days to get a basic setup working for my thesis using memoir.
I've been exploring the chapter heading styles at ...
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1answer
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Customizing \chapter command
Here is the picture:
The code is from this post.
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\setmainfont{EB Garamond ...
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votes
1answer
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Table of Contents chapter number width
I am using the tocloft package to design my table of contents. I know how to set the width of the chapter numbers in the toc using
\setlength{\cftchapnumwidth}{2em}
However this sets a fixed ...
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1answer
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How to decrease spacing before chapter title?
I want to decrease the vertical space between the top of the page and the chapter heading. I have tried to follow the instructions for titlesec but I am not successful. I have tried the following two ...
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Remove empty pages between chapters in [oneside,openany]{book} [closed]
I get an empty page between each chapter, despite the fatc that my latex class is defined WITH oneside and openany. I searched what the setting that causes this behavior, but still can not find it.
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1answer
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How to change page numbering and section numbering?
I am pretty new to LaTeX. Right now I have this:
\documentclass[11pt]{scrbook}
\usepackage[a4paper,left=2.5cm,right=2.5cm,top=2.5cm,bottom= 3.2cm]{geometry}
%
%
%
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx} ...
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How to move the chapter- and section number in ConTeXt [duplicate]
I want to create a margin chapter- and section number in Context, like in the offical manual. How can I get this done?
This is what I tried for the chapter number.
\define[2]\PlaceChapter{
...
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how to suppress “chapter” in \chapter (while keeping numbering)
Using \chapter I get:
Chapter 1. The meaning of this novel
Chapter 2. The plot of this novel
Chapter 3. The moral of this novel
I want to get instead:
1. The meaning of this novel
2. ...
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2answers
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Omitting chapter numbers in section headers using memoir
I'm trying to find a way to remove the chapter number from the section headers when using memoir. Right now I'm using parts, but no chapters and zeroes appear in front of all section numbers. I tried ...
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votes
1answer
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Change the vertical spacing above unnumbered sections headings
How can I change the vertical spacing above the section heading that dont have a number (like for instance the table of contents, the list of figures and the bibliograpy) while keeping the spacing of ...
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votes
1answer
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Balance/flush columns at the end of each chapter in twocolumn layout
In a twocolumn layout, how can I balance columns at the end of each chapter?
Package multicol is not appreciated because it doesn't offer nice float placement in the columns (floats are not allowed ...
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votes
2answers
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Error while trying to start chapters on the same page
This is my first post here. I have tried the solution proposed in this site to start chapters in the same page as the previous one ended but I always get an error. I am a TeX newbie and I feel that ...
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votes
1answer
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Center a single chapter heading
I want to have a single chapter heading centered. The other chapter headings should not be centered.
I tried the following:
\documentclass[12pt]{scrbook}
\usepackage{lipsum} % for filler text
...
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3answers
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Set chapters at section level in the table of contents
I have
\chapter{My first chapter}
\chapter{My second chapter}
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Appendixes}
\appendix
\makeatletter
\def\toclevel@chapter{1}\def\toclevel@section{2}
...
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votes
1answer
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Skip the chapter title but still enter it into the Table of Contents [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to add the title of a page to the table of content?
I am writing my thesis. I am using a chapter named 'Dedication'. I want to skip the chapter title but still enter ...
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chapter title on two lines in the TOC [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I display a short chapter name in the header and a long chapter name in the ToC?
I have a quite long chapter title that I break into two lines as follows:
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How to add the title of a page to the table of content?
I am trying to write my abstact which is obviously a part of my thesis. However, when I use
\chapter{Abstract}
<text of the abstract>
Its give me "Abstract" as the title of the page. But ...
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2answers
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Listing Chapter/Section/Subsection numbers with the preview
After compiling all the content of the book, I use Adobe reader to preview the content. Note that the legend that I use to navigate through the book (the listing on the left (usually) with the option ...
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3answers
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Table of Contents with Chapter and Appendix
I'm using this code to get word Chapter in TOC before each chapter.
\documentclass[a4paper]{book}
\usepackage{tocloft,calc}
\renewcommand{\cftchappresnum}{Chapter }
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2answers
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Chapter title and abstract in the same page
I'm writing a report and I need to write an abstract for the chapter after the chapter title in the same page. How can I do this?
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How to add illustrations before chapter titles in ConTeXt?
I would like to add some TIFF format illustrations to my document. These have three features, though, which I do not know how to implement:
These fill the entire page, ignoring margins.
They appear ...
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votes
2answers
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change the formatting of the chapter
I am trying to change the formatting of my chapter. The class i am using is report. I want it to be bold centered. I used the following but no effect. .
\renewcommand{\@makechapterhead}[1]{%
...
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1answer
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Change vertical position of \chapter
I am doing my Bachelor report. I can't get the chapter name to an higher location, so there is more space for text.
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1answer
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modification of the chapter style [closed]
I'm using document class report and I have decided to use one of the predefined styles of Vincent Zoonekynd's for chapter headings, with some modifications.
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votes
1answer
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\chaptername is used even for appendix chapters in ToC
I have searched for something to resolve a problem that has shown up here:
How do I get \chaptername to appear in the table of contents?
I have tried the code from that thread. But I got an issue, ...
2
votes
1answer
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Display \chaptername in table of contents
I'm looking for something to resolve the problem that has been metioned at How do I get \chaptername to appear in the table of contents? and Table of Contents with “Chapter” and per-chapter ...
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votes
1answer
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Custom environment move to end of chapter
I have written a custom example environment for formatting mathematical worked examples. These are currently included in the sections they are related to, however are sometimes looking a bit ...
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1answer
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Modification of chapter headings
I'm using document class report and I have decided for chapter headings to use one of the predefined style of Vincent Zoonekynd's like this:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\makeatletter
...
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votes
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Setting the upper margin of chapter titles in scrbook
In a scrbook document I need to set the chapter titles close to the upper page margin, without leading number and with a \hrule afterwards. Redefining \chapterheadstartvskip does the trick with the ...
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votes
1answer
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“Negative offset” chapter title
I need my chapter titles to be offset 2cm to the left of everything else (or my section headings and paragraphs to be offset right, depending on what you call the reference point).
I got the chapter ...
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votes
1answer
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Why are pagenumbers centered with \pagestyle{headings} on \chapter{}'s first pages?
I'm using documentclass report with options twoside and openright. The pagestyle is headings. This is a minimal working example:
\documentclass[twoside,openright]{report}
\usepackage{blindtext}
...
