Document Classes ⇒ How to remove the line "Preprint submitted to Elsevier"

[bkarpuz]

Dear LC Users,

I am using elsarticle.cls class file for my document.
I want to remove the line "Preprint submitted to Elsevier",
which appears automatically.
I know how to change "Elsevier" by using "\journal" command.
I just need to remove that line completely.
Is that possible?

Many thanks.
bkarpuz

[localghost]

A quick solution would be to pick up the related code from the class file and redefine the relevant command. This results in adding some lines to the preamble.

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\makeatletter
\def\ps@pprintTitle{%
  \let\@oddhead\@empty
  \let\@evenhead\@empty
  \let\@oddfoot\@empty
  \let\@evenfoot\@oddfoot
}
\makeatother

This lets the footer on the first page simply vanish. At the moment I'm not aware how to enable the plain page style for the first page (with the page number centered in the footer).

Supplement:
Looking at the definition for the plain page style in the LaTeX kernel lets you redefine the title page style accordingly. The code for the preamble then looks like the following.

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\makeatletter
\def\ps@pprintTitle{%
  \let\@oddhead\@empty
  \let\@evenhead\@empty
  \def\@oddfoot{\reset@font\hfil\thepage\hfil}
  \let\@evenfoot\@oddfoot
}
\makeatother

Thorsten

[bkarpuz]

Thanks a lot localghost, this was what I was looking for!
The trick I did was deleting the relevant lines in the cls file and saving it with a different name, and then using it.

Many thanks.
bkarpuz