Different footskip with fancyhdr

[Andrea.Schmidt]

Hallo,

I want to write a document with \pagstyle{fancyplain}.
The first page has no header and a big footer(\footskip 5cm).
All other pages have header and footer(\footskip 1cm).
How can I define
\fancypagestyle{plain}{??
\renewcommand{\footskip}{5cm} },
so that I can use it in the following way:

\thispagestyle{plain}
\rhead{\fancyplain{header on the firstPage}{otherPage}}
\rfoot{\fancyplain{footer on the firstPage}{otherPage}}

Thanks for your help, Andrea

Andrea Schmidt
mailto: sch...@logas.de, http://www.logas.de

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[Donald Arseneau]

"Andrea.Schmidt" <log...@mailandnews.de> writes:

> I want to write a document with \pagstyle{fancyplain}.
> The first page has no header and a big footer(\footskip 5cm).

I presume you want the first page to end short, so that
the combination of text+footer is the same as other
pages.

In that case, you should not increase \footskip for
that page, but say

\enlargethispage{-4cm}

and let the footer extend beyond the \footskip:

\rfoot{\fancyplain{\vss footer on the firstPage}{otherPage}}

may work; try it.

Donald Arseneau as...@triumf.ca

[Andrea.Schmidt]

>===== Original Message From Donald Arseneau <as...@triumf.ca> =====

>"Andrea Schmidt" writes:
>
>> I want to write a document with \pagstyle{fancyplain}.
>> The first page has no header and a big footer(\footskip 5cm).

> Then "Donald Arseneau" writes:
>I presume you want the first page to end short, so that
>the combination of text+footer is the same as other
>pages.
>
>In that case, you should not increase \footskip for
>that page, but say
>
>\enlargethispage{-4cm}
>
>and let the footer extend beyond the \footskip:
>
> \rfoot{\fancyplain{\vss footer on the firstPage}{otherPage}}
>

With your suggestion I could solve my problem.
Thanks.
What means \vss in \rfoot{\fancyplain{\vss footer on the
firstPage}{otherPage}}?

Andrea Schmidt

[Donald Arseneau]

"Andrea.Schmidt" <log...@mailandnews.de> writes:

> What means \vss in \rfoot{\fancyplain{\vss footer on the
> firstPage}{otherPage}}?

\vss is like \vfil, but it gives zero space that can stretch or
_shrink_ infinitely. Knowing that \rfoot allows linebreaks
with \\, I presumed that \vss would work to allow the big
footer to fit in an undersized \footskip.

Donald Arseneau as...@triumf.ca