nomenclature page formatting

Question

I have a list of symbols generated throught the nomencl package. It works fine. The only problem I have is:

1. How can I redefine the margins for the page? by default it is using the margins for chapter. I want to set smaller margin on top for this page.
2. Is it possible to generate nomenclature without a page break, like it starts where the previous text ends?

Answer 1

In a document class with chapters, nomencl will set the nomenclature as an unnumbered chapter, otherwise as a section. To make the nomenclature a section even in a chaptered document like book, add the following to your preamble:

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\thenomenclature}%
  {\chapter*{\nomname}}%
  {\section*{\nomname}}%
  {}{\message{^^Jthenomenclature patching failed (1)^^J}}
\patchcmd{\thenomenclature}%
  {\if@intoc\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\nomname}\fi}%
  {\if@intoc\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\nomname}\fi}%
  {}{\message{^^Jthenomenclature patching failed (2)^^J}}
\makeatother

Note however, that then the nomenclature, as a section, will belong to the chapter that started before, and this will show, e.g., in the Table of Contents. This might not really be what you want.