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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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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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[
10pt,
twoside,
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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}
before \begin{document} and \fontencoding{OT2}\selectfont as first line ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How can I make each chapter start on the right page? [closed]
I'm here to ask you how I can figure out where a chapter ends and add or not a blank page (if it ends on the right) or two (if it ends on the left).I know that there is a way to do it with even and ...
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Want to have the chapter title ilike a customised lecture notes title
I use the code below for my lecture notes title for each day's lectures.
\newcommand{\handout}[5]{
\noindent
\begin{center}
\framebox{
\vbox{
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Reduce white space between top of page and Chapter, Bibliography and Appendix head titles in report class?
Due to default setting of report class, there is white space between top of page and TOC, LOT, LOF, Chapter, Bibliography and Appendix head titles and I wish to reduce this space. I successfully ...
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Move chapter label position upward
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage[margin=2.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\begin{document}
\chapter*{Introduction}
Lorem...
\chapter{Lorem}
\section{Lorem Ipsum}
Lorem...
\...
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After adding 'Chap' word in toc in report, change color of the entire chap lin in toc?
Referring to good working solution with MWE included in How can I add the word "Chap" before the chapters numbers in the Toc in class report? for adding word 'Chap' before chapter numbers in ...
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How to prevent page skipping before sections?
I'm fairly new to latex and I'm not the sharpest around programming, and I'm using overleaf. In the report class the page is skipped before chapter titles and that's fine but how do I redefine ...
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hyperref Warning: Token not allowed in a PDF string (PDFDocEncoding): removing `\@ifnextchar' [duplicate]
Update - 12/28/2022
I have included below my MWE per @Miyase's comment. The error is coming from placement of color{blue} in line \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter} ... What to do to remove the Package ...
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Toc doesn't linebreak within include
I'm writing a handbook.
I can call for a Table of Contents and it works fine (with the option of having "chapter" written in front of number and Title), but as soon as I go to \include out ...
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Reset table/equation/figures counter to 1 after every new chapter (for chapter functionality manually added in article class) and then increment
In reference to a question asked by @Bhanuday Sharma on How to use \chapter{} in article class?, I was able to add the chapter functionality in article class using his answer to his own question.
But ...
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How to hide Chapter N in a documentclass{report} and number the chapter titles?
I've already hidden the Chapter N above every chapter title successfully by using the package titlesec and the following code in my main.tex file:
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\normalfont\...
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How do you remove all numbering except page numbering in table of contents
Here's my MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,titlepage]{report}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[pagestyles]{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}{\bfseries\centering\Huge}{}{0pt}{}
\...
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Chapter insists on beginning on the left side
I am typesetting a book using the Classic Thesis package and Scrbook. I've added the usual copyright page behind the title page and a blank page behind the dedication page. Since the contents page ...
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Best practices and general guidelines [closed]
I am translating a handwritten notes PDF to LaTeX. Do y'all have any tips on best practices for the same. It has multiple chapters (basically notes for a course) lots of equations and derivations with ...
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Insert Part in the Chapter Header
I would like to have my Chapters titles appear like this:
Part I Chapter 1
Part I Chapter 2
...
Part II Chapter 1
But only the titles, without making it like that in the ToC
But I don't know how to ...
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Chapter wise customization in a bilingual book
I am formatting a bilingual book where the languages can differ chapter-wise. Inside the English chapters, I want to change the \figurename of every figure environment globally so that I don't need to ...
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Are there any useful packages for modyfing the way the chapter looks?
I have fairly minimal 'bits-and-pieces' knowledge of LaTeX; I've only used it to write theses and technical documents. I want to use it to write a book, too, and in Word I designed the following ...
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Page numbering according to the chapters
My lecture notes have the following structure. I would like a page numbering like this : number of the page in the current chapter / total number of pages in the chapter.
How can I do this?
\...
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Tips for writing chapter lessons [duplicate]
After having made some "small" documents, I would like to go a little further by having courses chaptered under Latex and I would like advice to have something clean.
I thought I understood ...
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Komascript fix vertical position of chapter heading with \flushbottom
I adjusted the format of chapter headings like in the original question (scrbook class). I'm using the \flushbottom option. When for instance the list of figures spans more than one page, the vertical ...
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