The front matter of a document (in particular, a book) contains everything before the main body of text: the title page, tables of contents, dedications, prefaces, etc. For questions about specific parts of the front matter, use the respective tag (e.g. {titles} or {table-of-contents}).
Questions tagged [front-matter]
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Acknowledgement/Dedication problem
For my thesis, after my title page (1st page), on the next few pages I want to put a
page 2: dedication
page 3: acknowledgement
I tried using the \begin{dedication}\end{dedication} and \begin{acknowledgement}\end{acknowledgement} commands but it…
Gary
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How to get rid of the two lines for empty abstract and keyword sections?
How can I get rid of the two lines resulting from empty abstraction and keyword sections? Thanks.
The code is
\documentclass[preprint,12pt]{elsarticle}
\usepackage[nodots]{numcompress}
\biboptions{sort&compress}
\journal{A…
Tim
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Suppress page numbers in glossaries (the number of the page, not the references)
My university came up with the brilliant idea of determining that the front matter of a thesis must not show the page's numbers. I applied the solutions of this answer: suppress page numbers in document's front matter and it worked but for the…
WDiniz
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How to get openright only at frontmatter?
I need to use openright only at front matter. Using
\documentclass[12pt, letterpaper]{book}
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\chapter{First Chapter at front matter} % This must be page i
\chapter{Second Chapter at front matter} % This must be page…
Raniere Silva
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I want to put blank pages after title page, acknowledgement, abstract, ant etc
I want to put blank pages after title page, acknowledgement, abstract, ant etc. and also I want to strat a new chapter in a right side page. my codes are below.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{packs}
\begin{document}
\input{titlepage} …
Ajith
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How to maintain the even space in front matter attributes using if then else condition
I want to maintain the even space in front matter attributes using if then else condition.
Kindly advice.
MWE:
\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage[noblocks]{authblk}
\usepackage[%showframe,%
a4paper,%
…
CS Kumar
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Frontpage for Application
Minimal case
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\title{Investigation of the Neuronal Component of Purkinje Fibers with Suppressed Simple Spikes \\ Plan of the Research}
\author{MB SB Sami Lorem, Lorem Lorem Ipsun,…
Léo Léopold Hertz 준영
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why my authors and addresses do not show?
Here is my node, anything wrong? But my authors and addresses do not show. Thanks.
\documentclass[11pt,oneside,english]{amsart}
\usepackage{authblk}
\@ifundefined{showcaptionsetup}{}{%
…
blh
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You can't use \spacefactor in vertical mode
The following code returns the error message in the title
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{setspace}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}%
\noindent
\includegraphics[viewport=8 8 185 55]{picture} \hfill
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Alex
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Frontmatter pagination problem
In the following MWE,
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{afterpage}
\usepackage{epigraph}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\setlength{\headheight}{27.15pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\newcommand\blankpage{%
\null
\thispagestyle{empty}%
…
Frode Alfson Bjørdal
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How to change the frontmatter page numbering into (roman)?
How to change the frontmatter page numbering into (roman) "small letter" and the mainmatter change into (arabic). Please see the sample output.
Front matter ( Introduction, Preface)
mainmatter (Chapters and Sections)
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A template for a book
I am looking for a template for the front page of my book in LaTeX.
Is there a source from where I may get one?
F. A. Mala
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How to insert a detailed front page?
I have to write a professional document and I'd like to insert a front page with a lot of basic informations about me (address, phone, etc.). How could I do that? This is a very basic…
domi
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frontmatter mainmatter and backmatter errors
I have this block of code which is giving me errors when using frontmatter, mainmatter and backmatter. I am getting errors at \maketitle - undefined control sequence, \input{chap2/background_and_lit_overview_main} - runaway argument and the last…
Charlene
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page numbering (frontmatter and mainmatter) problem
\documentclass[a4paper, twoside,12pt, print]{Classes/CUEDthesisPSnPDF}
\usepackage[top=5.55cm, bottom=5.55cm, left=4cm, right=4cm]{geometry}
%for the author in chapters
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\chapterauthor}[1]{%
…
