Remove 'Chapter' text from chapter headings and have chapter number on the same line as chapter title

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Chapter formatting

Apologies if this is something simple, but I seem to be searching in the wrong place for an answer. I have a document of type report. It is currently generating my chapters as follows:

Chapter 1

Name of Chapter

I just want it to be:

1. Name of Chapter

I had a few latex documents which used to generate it in the way I want using this command:

\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{%
  \markboth{#1}{}}

However it does not seem to be having any effect on my new document. What am I missing? I am using the latest MiKTeX 2.9 and Texmaker 3.5.2.

Answer 1

You can use the titlesec package. The following example shows how to implement it:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{titlesec}

\titleformat{\chapter}{\normalfont\huge}{\thechapter.}{20pt}{\huge\it}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Name of Chapter}

\end{document}