General ⇒ Creating customized headers/footers for alternating pages

[tripwire45]

Before you say it, yes, I am using \usepackage{fancyhdr}, but the exact solution escapes me. I have consulted the following threads on this forum:

http://www.latex-community.org/viewtopi ... ader#p3274

http://www.latex-community.org/viewtopi ... ader#p3040

I also downloaded and read the fancyhdf documentation from CTAN.org.

I'm creating a manual that will be put together in book form, so the product name should appear in the header in tiny text, on the left side in even pages and on the right side in odd pages.

The footer should contain the number, copyright info and the words "User Guide" on every page, but the page number should be on the left on even pages and on the right on odd pages, switching places with "User Guide".

I can put the appropriate information in the header and footer now, but need to know how to make that information change, depending on odd and even pages.

Thanks for help with yet another puzzle.

[gmedina]

Try using [LE,R0] (as in Left Even, Right Odd) and [LO,RE]. The package documentation explains how to do this and contains examples.

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{} 
\fancyhead[RO,LE]{\tiny\bfseries The product}
\fancyfoot{} 
\fancyfoot[LE,RO]{\thepage}
\fancyfoot[LO,RE]{User Guide}
\fancyfoot[C]{Other information}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-40]

\end{document}

Edit: I added a little example.

[localghost]

Here is an example of the page layout derived from my settings with fancyhdr before switching to KOMA Script.

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% Page style settings (fancyhdr)
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyfoot[LE,RO]{\thepage}
\fancyfoot[LO,RE]{User's Guide \copyright\ Copyright Information}
\fancyhead[RE]{\sffamily\nouppercase{\rightmark}}
\fancyhead[LO]{\sffamily\nouppercase{\leftmark}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
%\addtolength{\headheight}{2pt}
%\addtolength{\footheight}{2pt}

It should be easy for you to adapt that to your needs. gmedina has already given the hints how to do that.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[tripwire45]

I think I like gmedina's solution better (no offense, Thorsten). However, a blank page (with header and footer still present) appears between the copyright page and the Table of Contents page, and I can't see why. Here's how it's set up:

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\begin{document}

%Make title page without date and insert logo on top of the title
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}

% Upper part of the page
\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{img/logo_large.png}\\[1cm]
\textcolor{red}{\textsc{\Huge \textbf{User Guide}}}\\[1cm]
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}
\pagenumbering{roman}

%Create a copyright page as a separate page

 \vspace*{\fill}
\begingroup
\centering
\textbf{Copyright \copyright 2008}\\
by Copyright Stuff.\\
All Rights Reserved\\
\endgroup
\vspace*{\fill}
\newpage

% Insert the table of contents
\tableofcontents
% Set indent of paragraphs to zero
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus 0.5ex minus 0.2ex}

\newpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}

%Chapter 1

Otherwise, it looks great.

[gmedina]

I think I like gmedina's solution better (no offense, Thorsten)...

I do not see how this is possible. We both gave you suggestions; you only had to adapt them to your particular needs.

Anyway, try using the openany class option; i.e., use something like

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\documentclass[openany]{book}

[tripwire45]

I think I like gmedina's solution better (no offense, Thorsten)...

I do not see how this is possible. We both gave you suggestions; you only had to adapt them to your particular needs.[\quote]

What I mean to say is that your suggestion is more suited to my needs.

Anyway, try using the openany class option; i.e., use something like

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\documentclass[openany]{book}

Thanks. It works.