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mppxtylr
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Frontmatter in article

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Hi,

I am currently writing my thesis using Latex and I wish to have a part in the beginning that resembles the frontmatter package. However, I would like to use the article class. I was just wondering if anybody has heard of or used any packages like this.

If not, I am happy to format the section to make it look like I want. Is there a way to make a certain section of a document (using the article class) use roman numbering, and the rest of the document using arabic?

Thanks in advance.

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For your thesis you should choose a chapter based class. And I'm not aware of a package called „frontmatter“. So you might clarify what you exactly mean. The title page perhaps?


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Frontmatter in article

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Hi,
mppxtylr wrote:Is there a way to make a certain section of a document (using the article class) use roman numbering, and the rest of the document using arabic?
you could use

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\renewcommand*{\thesection}{\roman{section}.}
for roman numbering and

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\renewcommand*{\thesection}{\arabic{section}.}
to switch to arabic numbering. Use \Roman for capital roman letters. I used an additional dot as this is common and you might want it.
If required, reset the section counter by

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\setcounter{section}{0}
when switching the numbering style.

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