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Document 381
How to specify header/footer information for typesetting
Version: 3.x, 4.x, 5.x - Scientific WorkPlace, Scientific Word
LaTeX automatically creates headers and footers from the information in the
typesetting specifications and the section headings in your document. You can
override the headers and footers that are created automatically by adding the
fancyhdr package and making some changes to your document.
Specifying header/footer information for the entire document
By modifying the preamble of your document with TeX commands, you can specify
the header/footer information for the entire document. These instructions
explain how to specify a header that has the title of the work on the right
and a footer that has the author's name on the left and the page number on the
right. You can modify the commands in step 4 to create the header and footer
you want.
- Add the fancyhdr package
to your document.
- From the Typeset menu, choose
Preamble.
- Click the mouse in the entry area.
- At the end of the entry area, add new lines to specify the content of the
right, center, and middle areas of the header and footer (any information
beginning with % is a comment and is not necessary):
\pagestyle{fancy}
\lhead{} %Leave the left of the header empty
\chead{} %Leave the center of the header empty
\rhead{Title of This Document} %Display this text
on the right of the header
\lfoot{By Author} %Display this text on the left
of the footer
\cfoot{} %Leave the center of the footer empty
\rfoot{Page:\ \thepage} %Print the page number
in the right footer
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} %Do not print a
rule below the header
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} %Do not print a
rule above the footer
- Choose OK.
Specifying header/footer information for selected pages
Occasionally, the typesetting specifications override the page style for
certain pages, especially exceptional pages such as the title page or the
first page of a chapter or section. Instead of specifying the headers and
footers for the entire document, you can specify them for a particular page by
placing TeX commands in the body of the document instead of the preamble. As
for the above instructions, you can modify the commands in step 3 as
necessary.
- Add the fancyhdr package to your
document.
- Place the insertion point on the page for which you want to specify
header/footer information.
- Enter an encapsulated TeX field containing these lines to specify the
content of the right, center, and middle areas of the header and footer (any
information beginning with % is a comment and is not necessary):
\thispagestyle{fancy}
\lhead{} %Leave the left of the header empty
\chead{} %Leave the center of the header empty
\rhead{Title of This Document} %Display this text
on the right of the header
\lfoot{By Author} %Display this text on the left
of the footer
\cfoot{} %Leave the center of the footer empty
\rfoot{Page:\ \thepage} %Print the page number
in the right footer
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} %Do not print a
rule below the header
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} %Do not print a
rule above the footer
- Choose OK.
Last revised 01/19/06
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