Page Layout ⇒ Numbering problem with report class

[M.A]

Hello,

I have two problems occurring with both pdflatex and latex-dvips-ps2pdf:

The first:
The page numbering in report class has two counters, the first is for the first introductory pages, and the second starts with the first chapter.

When I use the environment "abstract" in the beginning, the page numbering will reset at abstract, and at the first chapter twice!
How to fix that?

This is a minimum code:

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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\begin{document}
\title{title}
\author{author}
\maketitle
\newpage
\pagenumbering{roman}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Test1}
test1
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{TOC}
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
\begin{abstract}
test
\end{abstract}
\newpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{Introduction}
\end{document} 

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Problem 2:
In addition to the previous problem, there is a problem when I use babel package.
I have assigned the first pages in the report to roman numbering, while the rest of the report (starting from chapter 1) to arabic numbering
Now, when I use babel, the numbering of the table of contents will become arabic and not roman!
How to fix that?
This is a minimum example:

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\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[arabic,french,english]{babel}

\begin{document}


\title{title}
\author{author}
\maketitle

\newpage
\pagenumbering{roman}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Test1}
test1
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{TOC}
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
\begin{abstract}
test
\end{abstract}
\newpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{Introduction}
\end{document} 

The problem is highlighted in the following image:

[M.A]

Are the questions unclear ?

[frabjous]

The first problem can be solved by using the notitlepage option for the report class (otherwise the abstract is treated like a titlepage). You will need to make up for it, however, with adding \thispagestyle{empty} right after you have \maketitle.

The other problem seems to be some kind of weird bug with the arabic option for babel ‒ I don't see the problem if I remove that option. If you can get away without that option, I would. (It certainly isn't needed just for arabic numerals.) It perhaps should be reported to the babel maintainers.

But if you need to keep it, it seems like the problem has something to do with it screwing up the plain page style. You can bypass it using fancyhdr.

Here's a sample which I believe fixes both problems.

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\documentclass[12pt,notitlepage]{report}
\usepackage[arabic,french,english]{babel}

 \usepackage{fancyhdr}
 \fancypagestyle{plain}{%
 \fancyhf{}%
 \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}%
 \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}%
 \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}%
 }


\begin{document}


\title{title}
\author{author}
\maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty}

\newpage
\pagenumbering{roman}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Test1}
test1
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{TOC}
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
\begin{abstract}
test
\end{abstract}
\newpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{Introduction}
\end{document}

[M.A]

Thank you very much.
Everything went fine after applying your changes.

Best Regards,