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How do I get all pages numbered in Roman numerals before the beginning of the first chapter (with the exception of the title page)? The PDF program should be able to recognize which pages are numbered in Roman and which are in Arabic.
\documentclass{scrreprt}
\title{abc}
\subtitle{def}
\author{ghi}
\date{mno}
\begin{document}
\maketitle\thispagestyle{empty}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{pqr}\setcounter{page}{1}
\end{document}
Set it as \roman (more common than \Roman) and then change it again to \arabic using \pagenumber{arabic}. Issuing the appropriate \clearpages will help with the correct numbering.
\documentclass{scrreprt}
\title{abc}
\subtitle{def}
\author{ghi}
\date{mno}
\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\thepage}{\roman{page}}
\maketitle
\clearpage
\tableofcontents
\cleardoublepage
\pagenumbering{arabic}% Reset page numbering and style
\chapter{pqr}
\end{document}
The title is set without a page number by default, but still counts as a page.
\part and/or \chapter). \cleardoublepage will ensure that you're on that recto/right-hand page before setting the sectional unit. If the class doesn't have this restriction, \cleardoublepage defaults to \clearpage.
\pagenumerbering{roman} instead of \renewcommand{\thepage}{\roman{page}} in the preamble. It has the same effect (since resetting the page number here is superfluous, but harmless).
\pagenumbering{roman} has more contextual value, but it doesn't just change the numbering style; it also resets the page number. If you know what it's doing, using \pagenumbering{roman} for the context. If you're just changing the display mid-document and don't need the page numbers reset, use \renewcommand{\thepage}{\roman{page}}.
\pagenumbering{<style>} does \setcounter{page}{1}\renewcommand{\thepage}{\<style>{page}} (at a lower level; see ltxpageno.dtx) and that's it. It doesn't have anything to do with \clearpage or \cleardoublepage.
Replace scrreprt with scrbook that provides page numbering in the desired fashion.
The only difference between the two classes is that scrreprt uses oneside by default.
\documentclass[oneside]{scrbook}
\title{abc}
\subtitle{def}
\author{ghi}
\date{mno}
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
\mainmatter
\chapter{pqr}
\end{document}
No \cleardoublepage necessary.
\oneside? Wouldn't that be the right way to write a scrbook?
Jul 13, 2021 at 17:06
scrbook is twoside, so chapters start on odd numbered pages.
\cleardoublepage and \clearpage in scrreprt. If scrreprt has oneside as default, does that mean \clearpage would be enough? Or should I always use \cleardoublepage with such document classes?
Jul 13, 2021 at 17:20
oneside, \clearpage and \cleardoublepage are equivalent.