How to add page number without fancy header

Question

I want to simply add page numbers to my document in the format: #page out of #pages. I find this:

   % This is based on the LLNCS.DEM the demonstration file of
% the LaTeX macro package from Springer-Verlag
% for Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
% version 2.4 for LaTeX2e as of 16. April 2010
%
% See http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors?SGWID=0-40209-0-0-0
% for the full guidelines.
%

\documentclass{llncs}


\usepackage{fancyhdr} 
\fancyhf{}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\pagestyle{fancy}  

\begin{document}
\cfoot{page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}
\title{Title}
\author{Author}
\institute{Institute\\
\email{email}}

\maketitle              

\begin{abstract}

\end{abstract}

\section{Section1}

\end{document}

But it adds a line at the header. Also, it does not add number for the first page in my document. How can I solve these two issues?

Removing the header line: \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} ;-) The first page is most often a \pagestyle{empty}, this depends on the documentclass or how the \maketitle etc. commands are defined. Without seeing real code, this is difficult to say. Reading the manual is definitely a way to Enlightenment ;-) — , Jul 21 '16 at 18:01
@user2192774: Provide a compilable document then, not just fragments. My 'I'll do the work for others and glue their fragments together' -inclination is very low today ;-) — , Jul 21 '16 at 18:05
@user2192774: So your title mentions "without fancy header" yet your example code uses fancyhdr. Is fancyhdr allowed as a solution? — Werner, Jul 21 '16 at 18:21
@Werner: I think it is allowed since the O.P. did not know about the \headrulewidth command (in order to switch of the header rule), so if this obstacle is removed, fancyhdr is allowed (at least I declare it to be valid ;-)) — , Jul 21 '16 at 18:25
@user2192774: llncs is for journal submission and using runningheads would display the necessary marks on pages. — Werner, Jul 21 '16 at 18:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-21T18:26:28.747

First of all: If this should be submitted to Springer, they will not accept the page number on the first page, most likely, but here you go...

\maketitle uses \thispagestyle{empty} (many document classes do so!), so either

\renewcommand{\maketitle} → tedious
Trick \ps@empty to be \ps@fancy → has to be undone later on!
Use \xpatchcmd from xpatch package and replace \thispagestyle{empty} by nothing or by \thispagestyle{fancy}.

The next issue is the page header rule → use \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} to get rid off it.

The special formatting can be achieved with lastpage package and \number\value{page} of \pageref{LastPage} pages} in \cfoot. The lastpage package places the label LastPage (sic!!!) on -- you guess it already -- the last page!

\documentclass{llncs}


\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\usepackage{lastpage}

\usepackage{fancyhdr} 
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyhf{}
\cfoot{\number\value{page} of \pageref{LastPage} pages}
\pagestyle{fancy}  

\xpatchcmd{\maketitle}{\thispagestyle{empty}}{}{}{}


\begin{document}
\title{Title}
\author{Author}
\institute{Institute\\
\email{email}}

\maketitle              

\begin{abstract}

\end{abstract}

\section{Section1}
\blindtext[10]

\end{document}

gives error: MiKTeX 2.9\tex\latex\fp\fp-basic.sty(57): Error: Undefined control sequence. — user2192774, Jul 21 '16 at 18:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '16 at 21:17

It can work with fancyhdr:

\documentclass{llncs}
\usepackage{lastpage} 
\usepackage{lipsum}
 \usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\cfoot{\thepage}
%
\renewcommand\headrulewidth{0pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\cfoot{page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}
\title{Title}
\author{Author}
\institute{Institute\\
\email{email}}


\begin{document}
\maketitle
\thispagestyle{fancy}

\begin{abstract}
\lipsum[2]
\end{abstract}

\section{Section1}
\lipsum[1-12]

\end{document}

How to add page number without fancy header

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