{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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How to create individual chapter PDFs
My document structure has
one file with preamble (i.e. MainTex)
and around 75 individual .tex files (i.e. Chapter_01, Chapter_02, ..., Chapter_75) representing each chapter.
I am using \include ...
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How to insert footer in first pages of chapter?
I am using fancyhdr to make header and footer for pages. In the minimal example the footer is not appearing in the first page of chapter. I want footer to be appear in the first pages of the chapter ...
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Lyx: first chapter line indented
In Lyx, how can I make sure that the first line of each Chapter is indented? I'm writing a "report" document, if that matters.
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Display appendix chapter like: “Appendix”, and sections like “Appendix A: My appendix title”
I wish to make my appendix chapter like: "Appendix", and sections like "Appendix A: My appendix title" "Appendix B: My second title" by writing:
\chapter{Appendix}
\section{My appendix title}
...
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How to remove 'Chapter 1.' from 'Chapter 1. Introduction' while using \leftmark?
MWE is below:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
%\newcommand{\currentchapter}{}
%\let\oldchapter\chapter
%\renewcommand{\oldchapter}[1]{\oldchapter{#1}\renewcommand{\currentchapter}{#1}}
...
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Editing long chapter titles
I'm now writing a second chapter in my report document. The title of the second chapter is a little bit long so it's touching the edge of the paper. How can I move part of it to a new line? Here is my ...
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KOMA-Script: Use scrheadings on chapterpage, but only the footer (not the header)
I'm using the KOMA-Script and have page-numbers at the bottom of my document. The headline contains the chapter/section-name.
By default, the chapterpagestyle is plain (or empty). So I set it to ...
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Same vertical spacing for chapter and chapter*
I use \chapter*{} in the \frontmatter and \chapter{} in the \mainmatter.
I use titlesec and the styling of the chapter headings is this:
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,openany,oneside]{book}
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How to change part and chapter pages on KOMA-Script?
In KOMA-Script classes, how can I change the appeareance (font size, color, arrangment, content, etc.) of the page created by \part an \chapter?
The pagestyle can be changed easily with KOMA-Script ...
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Getting chapter and section in \fancyhead
I am having a bit of a heard time getting \fancyhead to give me the out put I want. I'd like to have a header that includes Chapter X: THIS IS THE SECTION (italicized like the default). I can get it ...
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Is it possible to remove chapter number from align environment? [duplicate]
Basically I have written a proof using the align environment in a new .tex file and the numbers in the proof came like this (how I want them):
Line1 (1)
Line2 (2)
Line3 (3)
Now I've ...
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chapter style with lateral bar
Is is possible to have a different text/layout for the chapter page, and a vertical bar?
What I want to achieve is something like this:
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Chapter count not increasing
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,twoside,letterpaper]{report}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\newcounter{totchapters}
\providecommand\totchap{}
\makeatletter
\AtEndDocument{%
...
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1answer
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Right/left align chapter number and center the chapter title on the next page
I want to left or right align my chapter number, and center the chapter title on the next page. I've used the \titlesec package, but it removes the header and footer on the first page of every ...
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what's the best solution to split a .tex file into separate compiled files? [duplicate]
I have a .tex file that includes several chapters (all through the \input command). I would like to run pdflatex in one command such that it saves each chapter into a separate PDF file, while ...
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votes
1answer
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“Chapter” not appearing in title
I am using the report class to submit my thesis. Since my university wants the word 'chapter' to be in a different font, and the title of the chapter to be in a different format, I made some changes. ...
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Dividing chapters into ch. 1, ch. 2a, ch. 2b, ch. 3 etc
I'm typesetting a book and one of the chapters separates into two chapters so I need it to count like so:
chapter 1
---------
chapter 2a
----------
chapter 2b
----------
chapter 3
---------
...
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Setting the same distance from the top of the page for chapter and index titles
I noticed that the distance from the top of the page to the chapter title differs from the table of contents and list of <> ones. I can see why, as these elements have specific purposes and ...
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1answer
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Decrease space before and after chapter in fncychap
I would like to decrease the space before and after the chapter name due to space constraints. I am using the fncychap. Here is the MWE:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[Glenn]{fncychap}
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1answer
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Chapter name overrunning page
I am editing a collection of documents, a few of which the author has given such long titles that, when they are formatted as chapters, the heading overruns the page. The following code should ...
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removing an unwanted page between two chapters
What could be the reason? Somehow a blank page with some random number gets inserted between two chapters.
\flushbottom
\include{chapter1}
\flushbottom
...
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Memoir chapter page formatting
I am using the memoir class. I have a series of chapters defined, but I need to change the way the chapter title pages are formatted. In particular, by default the text "Chapter X" is spaced a couple ...
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1answer
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Apply ToC part indenting to chapter
I have a problem with my ToC chapter titles similar to one posted a long while back about part titles. I'm looking for guidance on how to apply these changes to chapter titles. I'm working with the ...
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1answer
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need to change the way title chapters are displayed in 'report' document class
I'm using the report document class and the chapter titles are very large, in bold font, and left justified. I need them to be 18pt, not bold, and centered. I also need the words 'chapter 1' to be ...
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How to remove chapter numbering without removing it from tableofcontents
It seems I have a two day trying to find out the solution of my problem. I have just finished typing my M.Sc thesis using LATEX (MIKTEX 2.9). Unfortunately, all my chapters begin with the chapter ...
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Why doesn't \pagestyle{empty} work on the first page of a chapter?
Here's a minimal case of the problem:
\documentclass{book}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\chapter{The first}
This page has a page number\ldots
\newpage
\ldots but not this one.
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How to place minitoc in right place where some chapters are with star?
I have a main.tex file. There is a part called front matter. Part of the code is,
1.
\frontmatter
\selectlanguage{english}
\include{title}
\include{dedication}
\include{acknowledgements}
...
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Adjusting the postion of chapter numbers in the Tufte-Latex class
I'm using the Tufte-latex book class, and trying to figure out how to use numbers in the chapters/sections.
The default style has no numbers, which I turned off by commenting out this line:
% Turn ...
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votes
1answer
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Concatenating book chapters at the PDF level
There are some LaTeX packages which conflict with each other. When assembling a book from different chapters provided by different contributors, it might be not too easy to resolve these conflicts. In ...
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votes
1answer
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How to find out how many chapters are in a part?
Is there some counter that holds the number of \chapter that are in a \part? Or do I need to define and run my own counter?
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votes
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Write “chapter” before list of figures
if I use the \listoffigures command LaTeX creates a new chapter (I'm using the book class), but there is no chapter heading. Is it like it uses \chapter*{List of figures}. Of course this is what we ...
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votes
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Vertical rectangle in every page of a single chapter
I want to create a special chapter where there will be a vertical rectangle on the outer side of each page.
I want this box to appear only in this special kind of chapter.
A code I found here is ...
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Customize 'appendix' heading
My appendices are rather small and I want them to come one after another (like \section) without the blank page before \chapter{} (due to openright option). Another problem is that chapter headings ...
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Chapter name appearing in the endnotes
I have a book document with chapters and endnotes. I want endnotes to be separated by chapter, and I have achieved that, following the answer to my earlier question Chapter numbers in endnotes
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Get the empty page before a new chapter in ConTeXt?
When starting new chapters on right-hand side, it would better make the previous page empty (no footer and header). This can be done by defining a new pagebreak and setup head,
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Cross-referencing (input) multiple tex. files on multiple levels
I´ve recently discovered this site and you might be able to give me some advice working with LaTeX.
Here´s my problem:
My company is working on several user manuals. Each user manual is located in ...
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Fancy chapter headings
I'm searching for nice predefined chapter headings. I've found the fncychap package, and seen that memoir has quite a few, too.
Do you know other packages that provide predefined fancy chapter ...
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How to start a new chapter at right hand side in ConTeXt?
I have read the manual and try the
\setuphead
[chapter]
[page=right]
but it has no effect :-(
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How to remove headers and footers for pages between chapters?
To ensure that a new chapter starts on a right-hand page, the book class (and the report class with the option openright) will insert blank pages between chapters if necessary. However, these pages ...
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votes
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Chapterstyle Memoir: Picture on page left, chapter opening on page right
I am working on the layout of my dissertation and I would like to have the following design for all my chapter-openings:
New chapters should always start on the left page, with a picturepage that ...
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votes
1answer
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Chapter in memoir not displaying correctly in TOC
I'm having a little problem with a custom chapter style in memoir class. I want to have the chapter titles behaving like parts, i.e. having the title on a separate page.
I can do it like so:
...
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List sections of chapter at beginning of that chapter
How can one have a mini table of contents for the current chapter appear just after the chapter name listing all sections of that chapter?
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How to implement a chapter outline [duplicate]
can you recommend a package and/or a command for a chapter outline?
i wanna display a single chapter toc (limited to section level if possible) after the chapter command/start.
have seen this in a ...
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votes
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Memoir Class, Madsen Style, Chapter Heading and Rule
I would like to extend the chapter title and the rule above it to the left, so it is -0.75 in past the text block.
MWE:
\documentclass[oneside,12pt]{memoir}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
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1answer
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Chapter page numbers outside of margins memoir
When I send the file to createspace for their online reviewer, it tells me that a few page numbers are outside the margins, which happen to be the ones for each chapter when each chapter begins. Here ...
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How to move chapter number in classicthesis class
I am using classicthesis for my thesis. In each chapter LaTeX puts its number, but I need to move it.
Here you have an screenshot example, in this image I wish to move "4" number to the left.
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Last chapter number
Is there a way similar to what is achieved by the lastpage package to get the Last Chapter number? I would then like to use this information to design chapter headings.
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Chapter number and chapter title in one line
This is what I want:
Chapter 1 : Introduction
but I always get:
Chapter 1
Introduction
How do I do this?
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Content - items disappeared [duplicate]
I have problem with content. Yesterday was everything ok, but today List of figures and List of tables disappeared. I didn't do any changes with them. Moreover, I do not want to introductory chapter ...
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1answer
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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 ...
