I want to remove "Springer Nature 2021 LATEX template" from my template ON EVERY PAGE

Question

My question relates to the one someone already asked here: I want to remove "Springer Nature 2021 LATEX template" from my template

Thanks to the advice from this thread, namely, by using the following code:

\usepackage{float}
 \usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\ps@headings}
{\hbox to \hsize{\hfill Springer Nature 2021 \LaTeX\ template\hfill}}
{\hbox to \hsize{}}
{}
{}
\patchcmd{\ps@titlepage}
{\hbox to \hsize{\hfill Springer Nature 2021 \LaTeX\ template\hfill}}
{\hbox to \hsize{}}
{}
{}
\makeatother      

I managed to delete "Springer Nature 2021 LATEX template" from my template on the opening page and the even pages but not on the odd pages. How do I fix this?

Answer 1

The code "{\hbox to \hsize{\hfill Springer Nature 2021 \LaTeX\ template\hfill}}" occurs twice in the definition of \ps@headings in the sn-jnl document class file: once when setting up the headers for even pages, and once when setting them up for odd pages.

The command \patchcmd from etoolbox you're using replaces only the first occurrence of this code with the replacement code, so only affects even pages.

But once the first patch is applied, you can just do it again to replace the second occurrence:

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\ps@headings}
{\hbox to \hsize{\hfill Springer Nature 2021 \LaTeX\ template\hfill}}
{\hbox to \hsize{}}
{}
{}
\patchcmd{\ps@headings}
{\hbox to \hsize{\hfill Springer Nature 2021 \LaTeX\ template\hfill}}
{\hbox to \hsize{}}
{}
{}
\patchcmd{\ps@titlepage}
{\hbox to \hsize{\hfill Springer Nature 2021 \LaTeX\ template\hfill}}
{\hbox to \hsize{}}
{}
{}
\makeatother

However, I should note that overall I agree with the sentiment expressed in the comments of both threads: if you're submitting to a Springer journal, then keep these headers in. If you're not submitting to a Springer journal, it is unclear why you'd want to use their document class.