Questions tagged [chapters]
{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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Can't get the chapter numbers displayed in the customized Table of Contents
I'm trying to get the chapter number displayed in the TOC. Here's my current code:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\definecolor{tbl}{HTML}{F035A3}
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Remove Space before Chapter Title [duplicate]
I am quite new to LaTeX and wish to remove some space before the Chapter Headings. I have found the following command that uses the titlesec package, however I wish for the space before to be smaller.
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Customize chapter template - black left page and white right page
I'm in the process of making a book and came over a customized chapter template I would like to use, both don't know how to set it up in overleaf. So I want the left page to be pagecolor black with ...
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Nomenclature per chapter
I would like add a nomenclature at the end of each chapter of my dissertation, including the parameters of that chapter.
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[intoc]{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
\begin{...
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How to reduce space between Chapter Name and Chapter Title in fncychap
I am using the \documentclass[12pt]{report} with \usepackage[Lenny]{fncychap}. How can I reduce the space between the line which says "Chapter 1" and the title for that chapter, say "...
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Is possible to not show the title of Appendix?
In my thesis I have Appendix B with some stuff. Following I want to create a new Appendix (for example C) with the PDF loaded (see Figure). Cause the name APPENDIX C is already in the Figure I don't ...
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Koma script: using the fontstyle of chapter and section for a paragraph
is there a way in koma script to use the fontstyle of chapter, section, subsection etc. for the typesetting of a paragraph in the text? Thx, Harald
\documentclass[
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Chapter title on specific twoside margin position
I have a document that has odd-even rule (twoside class), so there is a wide space on right margin on odd page and wide space on left margin on even page. I would like to put chapter title (right ...
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Appendix`s contents being shown under wrong heading in Table of Contents
I am changing a pre-built template for my thesis. There is a main file named thesis.tex in which all the chapter files, references files and appendices files are included. The structure of this file ...
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Problem with captions and titles in Serbian cyrilic
Using
\usepackage{cmsrb}
\usepackage[OT2,T1]{fontenc} %better to use T1, but OT1 will also work
\usepackage[serbian]{babel}
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Wrong page number in TOC for endnote
When I set the list heading of an endnote part to \chapter in order to have a page break, it occur a bad pagenumber of the endnote part in the TOC.
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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\...
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Make a specific style for chapters using titlesec
I`m writing a template to learn a little bit more about LaTeX, and I am not satisfied with my \chapter{} command. I tried to make a mini TOC with the chapter number like the figure below:
However, I ...
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Problem getting the section name as header
I am currently writing a PhD. I have the following code
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L]{\rightmark}
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
which I obtained from this ...
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Change color of starred chapter headings
I want to make chapter headings colorful in a memoir. I've tried the approach proposed here. The only problem with this solution is that the unnumbered chapters remain unchanged. Is there a starred ...
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Changing the style of unnumbered chapter to chapter
I have a special chapter command for my lectures, however I would like to have a unnumbered chapter command as well which is similar style.
This is how my chapter command is set up:
\makeatletter
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Customize chapter title in context
A few days ago I asked a question about customizing chapter titles in context (here). My question was not so appropriate although @mickep gave an answer.
My intention is to get something like this
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How to create 2 kinds of ToC chapter, one for abstract and one for the other chapters
I have an example here.
I want to delete the index of chapter 1, so that it begins with the index of section.
But I want to keep the index of other chapters.
Can anyone help me? Thank you.
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Chapter Style Where All Chapter Numbers Appear Above Chapter Title
As part of a document I am designing, I would like to create a chapter style that includes all of the chapter numbers in the document. For example, if there are 6 chapters in total, then the numbers 1 ...
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Chapter without pagebreak? (In twocolumn document.)
I've googled, and I read a lot about how not having a pagebreak before a new chapter is bad style. I've read about how one could use sections instead. I've read about how changing whether a chapter ...
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Customize number chapter size in ConTeXt
I want to control the size of the chapter number in ConTeXt with some command like LaTeX \anyfontsize. I was checking this answer https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/668592/14423 I was able to modify the ...
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How to obtain effect of \fcolorbox using \@makechapterhead internal code
The question I am asking has been influenced by the partial solutions I have found so far. It could be the wrong question to ask if there is a much easier way. Anyway, I need to put chapter titles ...
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Headers: Chapter number on evens, chapter name on odds
I'm trying to create a header in LaTeX, using the memoir class.
If Chapter 3 is called "Nonlinear Dynamics", then even pages should have the page number on the upper left, and "Chapter ...
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How to Create a Fancy Style of Chapter
I would like to start a new document in the book class that adopts a fancy style of chapter. The idea is outlined in the sketch drawing below. Basically, I'd like to have a small table of contents ...
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How to make page numbering appear on all pages
In my latex document, only the introduction and the first page of the first chapter have page numbers but the following pages are not numbered till I reach the next chapter. How do I make all pages ...
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Broken Bibliography/References Chapter Title
The obsolescent thesis template provided (without support, of course) by my university has a strange problem in the bibliography section:
The problems are circled: the section is titled as a numbered ...
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How can I remove the word "Part" from title of the Parts and keep resetting the enumeration of chapters inside
I've faced some issues when making my ToC. I don't want the number before "Part" to be shown, but the code I'm using right now messes up with the configuration that allows me to reset the ...
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titlesec & fancyhdr - the chapter name doesn't get printed at the header
In a document using the titlsec & fancyhdr packages, I couldn't manage to print the chapter name at the header center.
\documentclass[a5paper,openany,14pt,]{extbook}
\usepackage{titlesec}
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Removing Spacing in Chapter Environments in LyX 2.3
I am beginning to write a thesis in LyX as I find it easier to use for writing longer documents. I am using the "Report (Standard Class with Extra Font Sizes)" document class and I'm ...
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Undefined Control sequence while using \chapter command [duplicate]
I am a new Latex learner and was following a guide. I created a template document. I used \chapter{} command to make a new chapter but i got an error stating undefined control sequence. if i remove ...
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Reduce white spacing before a SINGLE chapter heading in memoir class
I am using memoir document class. I wanted to decrease the space preceding my chapter headings, and I want to do it individually because I do not want to decrease white space before other headings (...
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First chapter title closer to header than other chapters
I'm trying to create a report-style document where the page headers are present also in the chapters pages.
I managed to to it using this (https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/117334) reply. This seems to ...
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Spacing Issue Between Chapter Title and Chapter Title Body | Long Chapter Title
How do I remove the spacing between Chapter and its name?
CHAPTER#
CHAPTER NAME
to
CHAPTER#
CHAPTER NAME
I have tried using
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\fontsize{20}{24}\selectfont\bfseries\...
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Chapter alignment, title on the line
Im trying to recreate this (Chapter style like this without memoir?) chapter, however it is not quite working as it says in the comments. I am now doing this, for numbered chapters, however I cannot ...
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How can I remove chapter name at the top of appendix and bibliography pages using fancyhdr package?
I am using fancyhdr package to add chapter name at the top of each page. The code of a simple LaTeX example:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}%Add ...
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Modified format of title / Chapter number for the table of content
I am using a modified Chapter formatting found at http://zoonek.free.fr/LaTeX/LaTeX_samples_chapter/0.html and I have a problem as it creates a chapter number for the table of contents, list of ...
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Customizing TableOfContent: Changing Font,Size and Numbering of Chapter Names
this is my very first time posting here, so hopefully I supply all necessary information needed to solve my problem.
I am writing my thesis in Latex and need a specific format for my table of contents ...
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Custom glossary as part of a chapter
I want to set a glossary as part of specific chapter. This is a sample code which I want to put Top-Level Domains glossary as part of Test chapter:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[colorlinks]{...
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How to determine in advance whether a chapter has any sections, a section has any subsections, or a subsection has any subsubsections?
Continuing Test if a chapter has sections : to number theorem-like environments in a nice way, it is advisable to know at the start of a logical portion of your document whether this logical portion ...
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Compilation error while compiling the thesis main file
I am trying to compile the main file of the thesis, which uses \include to add each chapter. I got this following error (The error said that it is related to the .toc file).
Would any one kindly ...
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Missing { inserted in \chapter*{} command
I’m having an error with this line in my main.tex code:
\chapter*{abstract}
Similar for other preamble chapters like my dedication/ acknowledgments etc, but not with numbered chapters in the main ...
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Delete empty page
I have the next output:
And I want the text to start right after the box, even if is a chapter.
I have tried \let\cleardoublepage\clearpage command but doesn't work.
Here is the MWE:
\documentclass{...
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minitoc don't appear in chapter
the minitoc do not appear in the chapters.
Somebody knows where I went wrong?
Here is my preamble
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{book}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[francais]{babel}
\...
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Copying Annex style for Conclusions chapter
I am writing a book with 3 parts, and I would like to include a chapter for conclusions that is at the level of the parts, but without a number. Therefore, I have:
\chapter*{Conclusions}\label{chapter:...
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Changing label color for each call of the \chapter command
I would like to change the color of the chapter label (small rectangle box) everytime I call the command \chapter{}, possibly passing the color as an argument.
Thus the part I need to address with the ...
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A chapter title in two parts
I'm writing a document with two scripts: Devanagari and Roman/Latin/English. The idea is that each Sanskrit verse should have its transliteration into Roman script underneath. The language of the ...
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Can't make a list of keys work
I am trying to make my own chapter-heading formatting command, using a key=value approach:
\coolchap[
chapstyle=<chapter-word formatting>,
titlestyle=<chapter-title formatting>,
befchap=&...
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Style Chapter Title format
I have a lot of trouble recreating a chapter title just like this one:
I have tried using the fncychap packages. But I can't get to make the horizontal line appear or the title actually center.
Thanks ...
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Vertical Spacing Between the Chapter and Section Titles
MWE:
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\chapter*{CHAPTER I}
\section*{The Section}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}
Output:
How may I (in this case) reduce the vertical ...
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How to put footnotes (endtotes?) at the end of the chapter
This comes as a sequel to my previous question. I'm writing an essay in Markdown. The idea is to use footnotes and list them at the end of the chapter. Right now they show up on the bottom on the page ...
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Help with chapter format in koma script \frontmatter \mainmatter
I am trying to customize the chapter formats in different matter of the document.
How can I obtain a blue bar under the chapter headers from the frontmatter ? This is the best I obtained so far...
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