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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}.

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 .

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Displaying author for each chapter in book

I am preparing a book in which each chapter is contributed by different people.I want to include their name after the chapter title.How to I do it.If I use \maketitle it is useing the title and author name for the book. Here is the…
subham soni
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Centering chapter titles

In the MWE below. What is the most convenient way to center the titles Preface and Abstract, rather than setting them flush…
PieterKJ
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How to write dedication properly?

I'm trying to make some line vertical-spaces in dedication. But, I couldn't find how. Here is the code that I'm using: \newenvironment{dedication} {\clearpage % we want a new page \thispagestyle{empty}% no header and footer …
dgs
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File ended while scanning use of \@new l@bel

I've been running into this weird issue using TeXShop. Whenever I compile LaTeX and get an error, the output tells me where it is. So I fix it ... and recompile. But then I get this: File ended while scanning use of \@new l@bel According to the…
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How to get the number of chapters in a document

TeX specialists! I write a document in LaTeX using the book document class. In a section at the beginning of my document I describe the structure of the document, listing all the chapters and short description of their content. I would like to start…
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Appendix Title with scrreprt

I'm trying to get the word Appendix in front of my appendix chapter titles. I would like it to look like: Appendix A My first appendix I tried the appendix package, using \usepackage[title,titletoc]{appendix}. Somehow this works in the toc but not…
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Dates instead of chapter numbers in chapter headers

I am typesetting a book which contains daily meditation exercises. There are 366 exercises (one for each day, including February 29). The default styling for chapter titles has the text "Chapter 3" (for example) over the chapter title. What I would…
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Section without a chapter number, in a chaptered document

I am using chapters. I want to include one section (a page or two) that does not have a chapter number, and that does not increment the chapter counter. I've tried includeing it, without using chapter, and the section didn't show up at all. How…
Ken - Enough about Monica
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Number chapters as 01, 02, ... , 10, 11, ... appendices A, B

Minimal example (the problem is obvious): \documentclass[]{report} \makeatletter \def\@makechapterhead#1{ \vspace*{-5.0em} {\parindent \z@ \normalfont \interlinepenalty\@M \LARGE{0\thechapter} \par\vspace{0.25cm} …
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Add a figure on even page before chapter starts

I'm trying to do something very specific and I'm not able to find it on StackOverflow. I'm building a novel, I've set all my chapters, and they always start on the odd numbered pages: PERFECT! That's what we all want I guess. I would like to keep…
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Removing the "chapter" title for one chapter only

How can I remove the "chapter" title for one chapter only? E.g. if I want to remove the "chapter" title for chapter 2 only, using \documentclass{report} \begin{document} \chapter{Hello} \chapter{World} \chapter{!} \end{document} I get: I would…
Franck Dernoncourt
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Limit \renewcommand{\chaptername}{} for one part only

I'm currently compiling a manual in LaTeX and the manual has 3 parts. For part 1 the chapters are called core, for part 2 the chapters are called QI and for part 3 the chapters are called GP. I want the chapters to look like the photo I attached.…
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Multiline title sided by epigraph

I want to customize one of my chapter titles to emphasize its acronym. I believe that splitting it onto multiple lines it a good solution, but I would also like to make the first letters stand out. Also, I note there is a lot of white space on the…
Ciprian Tomoiagă
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Remove "Chapter" from a book text

I am finishing my master thesis and I need to remove the "Chapter" name from my chapter without removing the relative number of the chapter. (I am using the book class) What I have now is: Chapter 1. Name of the chapter. What I need is: Name of…
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How to place the author name before the chapter title

I need to place the individual chapter author name above the chapter title. \@afterheading is used to place the author name after chapter title. I will try to use \@beforeheading% alternatively. But the macro is not running. Please advice how to…
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