Preface in Latex?

[Staffan Ulfberg]

I want to include a preface in my LaTeX report. Does anybody know how to do this?
I don't want the preface to appear as 'Chapter 1: Preface,' as it does for the moment...

I'd be greatful for any responses!

Staffan
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[Jeroen Paasschens]

In <1993Sep27.1...@lu.erisoft.se> su9...@lu.erisoft.se (Staffan Ulfberg) writes:

>I want to include a preface in my LaTeX report. Does anybody know how to do this?
>I don't want the preface to appear as 'Chapter 1: Preface,' as it does for the moment...

try
\chapter*{Preface}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}

Greetings
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Phone: +31.80.652849 E-mail: jer...@sci.kun.nl

[Arthur van Horck]

In article <CE0u7...@sci.kun.nl>, jer...@sci.kun.nl (Jeroen Paasschens) writes:
|> In <1993Sep27.1...@lu.erisoft.se> su9...@lu.erisoft.se (Staffan Ulfberg) writes:
|>

|> >I want to include a preface in my LaTeX report....

|> try
|> \chapter*{Preface}
|> \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}

A more general solution:

\newcommand{\frontmatter}{\pagenumbering{roman}\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-10}}
\newcommand{\body}{\clearpage\pagenumbering{arabic}\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}}
\newcommand{\backmatter}{\clearpage\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-10}}

Things in the front- and backmatter get included in the toc, but get
no ugly numbers... Neither in the toc, nor in the text. Adapt
pagenumbering to your taste...

Best,
Arthur
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[Denbigh Starkey]

In article <1993Sep28.1...@kub.nl>, Arthur van Horck <ho...@kub.nl> wrote: >In article <CE0u7...@sci.kun.nl>, jer...@sci.kun.nl (Jeroen Paasschens) writes: >|> In <1993Sep27.1...@lu.erisoft.se> su9...@lu.erisoft.se (Staffan Ulfberg) writes:
>|>
>|> >I want to include a preface in my LaTeX report....
>
>|> try
>|> \chapter*{Preface}
>|> \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}
>
>A more general solution:
>\newcommand{\frontmatter}{\pagenumbering{roman}\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-10}}
>\newcommand{\body}{\clearpage\pagenumbering{arabic}\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}}
>\newcommand{\backmatter}{\clearpage\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-10}}
>

Both of these solutions have a problem when using the book documentstyle
as they don't appear to change the page header. So, for example, if you
have a Preface preceded by a Table of Contents, then the word CONTENTS will
still appear as the header for the Preface.

Is there someone out there who can modify the \frontmatter command to
also change the page header to read PREFACE.

Currently the only solution that I have found is to make the Preface appear
as Chapter 0, which is really ugly.

Denbigh S.

[vladimi...@gmail.com]

This will solve your problem - if it is still relevant 27 years later, which is longer than I have been on this planet. :)


\chapter*{Preface}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{}Preface}
\markboth{PREFACE}{} % Changes the header to say PREFACE

If you want the Preface to be aligned with the numbers in your table of contents, then use:

\chapter*{Preface}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}

\markboth{PREFACE}{} % Changes the header to say PREFACE


Best wishes,

Vladimir Grbić