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nrzzmrd
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Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:35 pm

wrong header in List of Symbols and Abstract

Post by nrzzmrd »

Attached is a MWE of my thesis. I have the frontmatter which consists of acknowledgement, TOC, Lists of figures, tables and symbols. Then the mainmatter which consists of an Abstract, followed by the chapters in the thesis.

My question is, why is the header in my 'List of Symbols' and in my 'Abstract' shows 'LIST OF TABLES', instead of 'List of Symbols' and 'Abstract' respectively? What can I do to correct this?

Many thanks!

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\documentclass[a4paper,oneside]{book} 
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
\frontmatter

%% Declaration page
\newpage
\chapter*{Declaration}
\blindtext

%% Acknowledgement page
\chapter{Acknowledgement}
\blindtext

%% Table of contents
\tableofcontents

%% List of figures
\cleardoublepage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
\listoffigures

%% List of tables
\cleardoublepage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}
\listoftables

%% List of symbols
\cleardoublepage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Symbols}
\chapter*{List of Symbols}
\Blindtext[10]


%% Main content
\mainmatter

%% Thesis abstract
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
\chapter*{Abstract}
\Blindtext[10]

\Blinddocument
\end{document}

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Stefan Kottwitz
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wrong header in List of Symbols and Abstract

Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

Hi,

you could use \markboth like

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\markboth{List of Symbols}{List of Symbols}
Stefan
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Angela C
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wrong header in List of Symbols and Abstract

Post by Angela C »

Stefan_K wrote:Hi,

you could use \markboth like

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\markboth{List of Symbols}{List of Symbols}
Stefan
I had also tried the code and it worked perfectly. 8-)
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