How do I remove page numbers without impact table of contents

Question

I'm currently using \pagenumbering{gobble} because I don't want page numbers at the bottom of my pages. But I still want them to appear in the \tableofcontents.

What is a method of removing page numbers from the pages without removing them from \tableofcontents?

I can't use \pagestyle{empty} since I am using \pagestyle{fancy}.

What about something like \fancyfoot[C]{} in the definition of your fancy pagestyle... (assuming your page number is in the center? Cf. to the definition of pagestyles e.g. here http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/24137/fancyhdr-headings-how-to-remove-the-number-of-the-section?rq=1 — Ronny, Oct 18 '13 at 06:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 18 '13 at 13:53

I assume that your target is not to remove all bottom numbers in a document, but to remove those bottom numbers associated with the particular pages that are listed on the table of contents (with page numbers intact).

The \fancypagestyle{nopagenum}{...} command is used to define a new page style, and then issue the command \thispagestyle{nopagenum} right below those commands that will write contents to TOC.

To demonstrate, I write up a test.tex using typical fancy header setting

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You will see that pages 3, 5, 7 and 9 are removed if the file is complied. (Sorry there are a total of 9 pages and I did not post them all to save space.)

Code:

\documentclass[]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{} % clear all header fields
\fancyhead[LE]{\footnotesize{\scshape\nouppercase{\leftmark}}}
\fancyhead[RO]{\footnotesize{\scshape\nouppercase{\rightmark}}}
\fancyfoot{} % clear all footer fields
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{1 pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{1 pt}
%
\fancypagestyle{nopagenum}{%         % This is what you need
\fancyfoot[C]{}                      % page number at center is assumed
}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Chapter1}
\thispagestyle{nopagenum}            % called to remove bottom page number
\lipsum[1-5]
\newpage
\section{Section 1.1}
\thispagestyle{nopagenum}            %
\lipsum[1]
\newpage
\lipsum[1]
\chapter{Chapter2}
\thispagestyle{nopagenum}            %
\lipsum[1]
\newpage
\lipsum[1]
\newpage
\lipsum[1]
\section{Section 2.1}
\thispagestyle{nopagenum}            %
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

Well you could also just ommit the \thepage in line 9 instead of the nopagenum stuff :) — Ronny, Oct 18 '13 at 14:31
@Ronny -- I did do that when I was attacking the problem. But that will disable the numbering of regular pages (i.e., those not on TOC). — Jesse, Oct 18 '13 at 14:48
Well, the OP just states, he doesn't want “pagenumbers at the bottom of the page” (as I understand, no pagenumbers in foot) but his \gobble does of course also produce a TOC without pagenumbers (and just setting the foot to empty keeps numbers in TOC) - therefore - IMHO - just one pagestyle should be enough, that uses your line 14 :) — Ronny, Oct 18 '13 at 15:12

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 18 '13 at 10:19

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\documentclass{article}
\makeatletter
\let\@oddfoot\@empty\let\@evenfoot\@empty
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{First}
This is a test
\clearpage
\section{Next}
This continues the test
\end{document}

Output

edited Oct 18 '13 at 10:19

Ludovic C.

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answered Oct 18 '13 at 09:56

Steven B. Segletes

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How do I remove page numbers without impact table of contents

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