GeneralCentering chapter and bibliography titles, and more

LaTeX specific issues not fitting into one of the other forums of this category.
Post Reply
trnbvn
Posts: 8
Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:24 pm

Centering chapter and bibliography titles, and more

Post by trnbvn »

Hello,

I'm using the standard report/book class, and I would like to know how to change the default settings for Chapter/Bibliography heading/titles.

More specifically, I want to place Chapter headings/titles in center and to change the fonts to smaller sizes, in capitals.

I would like to do the same with the Bibliography heading. I actually also wanted to change from "bibliography" to "references", but I found an answer in this forum, I just still don't know how to put it in the center and change the fonts.

I may have more questions once this issue is sorted out.

Thanks,

-trnbvn

Recommended reading 2024:

LaTeXguide.org • LaTeX-Cookbook.net • TikZ.org

NEW: TikZ book now 40% off at Amazon.com for a short time.

mas
Posts: 226
Joined: Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:39 am

Re: Centering chapter and bibliography titles, and more

Post by mas »

Have a look at the titlesec package.

Regards.

OS: Debian/GNU Linux; LaTeX System : TeXLive; Editor : Vim
User avatar
Stefan Kottwitz
Site Admin
Posts: 10320
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:44 pm

Centering chapter and bibliography titles, and more

Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

Hi trnbvn,

titlesec is a good advice by mas. One comment might help: have a look at the end of the titlesec documentation, there are titlesec commands corresponding to the standard classes listed. You could copy those examples and insert \centering and font commands like \large, \scshape etc.

Stefan
LaTeX.org admin
trnbvn
Posts: 8
Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:24 pm

Centering chapter and bibliography titles, and more

Post by trnbvn »

Thanks a lot!

As promised I have more questions. Let say my report has 2 chapters, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. In Chapter 1, I want to number the theorems like Theorem 1, Theorem 2, ... In chapter 2, I want my theorems to be numbered exactly the same, Theorem 1, Theorem 2, ...

I tried to remove [counter] from \newtheorem, so that it just like
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
but in Chapter 2, my theorems starts from Theorem 2, Theorem 3,...

Please help. Thanks.

-trnbvn
User avatar
Stefan Kottwitz
Site Admin
Posts: 10320
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:44 pm

Centering chapter and bibliography titles, and more

Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

Hi trnbvn,

try the chngcntr package:
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{theorem}{chapter}

Stefan
LaTeX.org admin
Post Reply