Page Layout ⇒ Remove Page Break after Part Heading (/Appendices heading)

[nicksy]

Hello,

I would like to split my document into \parts, \chapters and \sections as it will be a long document, but there are 2 main fields of expertise (\part) and then 2 broad areas (\chapter) within each of these, inside which I will be writing several multi-level sections. With this document I am also constrained to a total page limit, so spacing is a premium.

1). As such I need help getting rid of the pagebreak that is inserted with the \part command: e.g. after the heading of the part the text introducing that part begins on the next page as though the heading were a cover sheet.

I include an example that has my \Part heading positioned at the top of the page where I want it to save space, I just need to remove the pagebreak that follows it.

2). Also, if anyone knows how to make the second line of the heading indent to below the word radiation, so that Part I is to the left of the heading?? would be much appreciated.

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\documentclass[pdftex,12pt,oneside,a4paper]{report}
\special{papersize=210mm,297mm}

\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\hoffset 4.6truemm \oddsidemargin =0pt \marginparwidth 0pt \marginparsep 0pt			
\voffset -0.4truemm \topmargin 0pt \headheight 0pt \headsep 0pt
\textheight 232truemm \textwidth 155truemm
\footskip = 15truemm
\pagestyle{plain}

\titleformat{\part}[block]{\bfseries\huge}{\partname\ \thepart}{2pc}{}{}
\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]{\bfseries\huge}{\thechapter}{2pc}{}{}

\titlespacing*{\part}{0pt}{-12pt}{18pt}{}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-12pt}{18pt}{}

\begin{document}
\part[External Beam Radiation Therapy]{\texorpdfstring{External Beam Radiation\\ Therapy}{External Beam Radiation Therapy}}
\subsection*{Introduction to part}
\lipsum

\chapter{foo}
\lipsum
\end{document}

Thank you in advance

Nicky

[kaiserkarl13]

It seems you would be served well by moving everything down one level: the two main sections as "chapters" and the headings below them as "sections." You would then have subsections, subsubsections, paragraphs, etc. below that.

Parts are intended as VERY large separations for reports and books, and as such are supposed to separate them as if they were separate volumes starting afresh in the next part. For example, a collection of six books published in three physical volumes would have six parts but only three 'books.'

[nicksy]

It seems you would be served well by moving everything down one level: the two main sections as "chapters" and the headings below them as "sections." You would then have subsections, subsubsections, paragraphs, etc. below that.

Thanks kaiserkarl.

This was how I started until I learnt there was a \Part command, but currently with having parts I am already running into trouble needing a non-existant subsubsubsection and having to redefine \paragraph to be like a mini-heading.

I will use this as a work-around if no other solutions are posted before july

[nicksy]

I suppose if anyone knows how to make Appendix A start on the same page as the word `Appendices' in the appendix section then possibly that would be the same solution to getting Chapter/section 0 to start on the same page as Part I

[kaiserkarl13]

You can number paragraphs using \setcounter{secnumdepth}{6} (I think).