Page Layout ⇒ \chapter*{} in fancyhdr

[dennis1982]

I've defined some chapters (e.g. foreword, summary) before the TOC in a document with the documentclass report. The chapternumbering should start after the TOC. This means that the chapters before the should not be numbered. To achieve this I've created starred chapters by using the following code:

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\chapter*{Foreword}

The chapters should be added to the TOC. To achieve this I've added the following line:

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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Foreword}

That works fine but but I'm making use of the fancyhdr package. The chapters with the * command added are not visible in the header. I've used the following code for the header:

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\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markright{\MakeUppercase{#1}}}
\newcommand{\headerfmt}[1]{\textsl{\textsf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\headerfmtpage}[1]{\textsf{#1}}

\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L,R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\fancyhead[L]{\headerfmt{\rightmark}}
\fancyhead[R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L,R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\fancyhead[L]{\headerfmt{\rightmark}}
\fancyhead[R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}}

How can I add the starred chapters to the header?

[dennis1982]

I still need help with this issue. Is there somebody who can help me with this? I've tried to add this line but with no result:

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\chapter*{Preface\markboth{Voorwoord}{}}

[gmedina]

Hi,

you could use the \markboth, \markright mechanism, as the following example illustrates:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum}% just to generate some text

\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markright{\MakeUppercase{#1}}}
\newcommand{\headerfmt}[1]{\textsl{\textsf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\headerfmtpage}[1]{\textsf{#1}}

\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L,R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\fancyhead[L]{\headerfmt{\rightmark}}
\fancyhead[R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L,R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\fancyhead[L]{\headerfmt{\rightmark}}
\fancyhead[R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}}

\pagestyle{fancy}

\begin{document}

\chapter*{Acknowledgements}
\markboth{}{Acknowledgements}
\lipsum[1-20]
\chapter*{Preface}
\markboth{}{Preface}
\lipsum[1-20]

\end{document}