General ⇒ Problem with Chapters

[GMathews]

Hi

I use the /chapter{Introduction} in my report class but the output gives the text

Chapter1
Introduction

There is also a huge amount of text between Chapter 1 and Introduction. The problems are :

1. How to make Chapter 1=Introduction so it only prints Introduction without the chapter 1,
2. Controlling space between Chapter1 and the section titles.

Thanks

[localghost]

All your questions should be answered by taking a look at the KOMA Script bundle. Perhaps the memoir class could be an additional alternative. Refer to the corresponding documentations. In case of further questions, feel free to ask.


Best regards
Thorsten

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi GMatthews,

if you cannot use KOMA-classes or memoir, both problems can be solved with the titlesec package.
For example:

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\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}
{\normalfont\Huge\bfseries}{\thechapter}{20pt}{\Huge}
\titlespacing*{\chapter} {0pt}{30pt}{20pt}

For an explanation, more features and examples have a look at the titlesec documentation.
In general I recommend the KOMA class scrreprt too, like Thorsten already advised. It provides a lot of features and is very well documented.

Stefan

[localghost]

The idea of Stefan is much better than mine. I suggest to follow his advice and add the package with his code example.

[GMathews]

LOL i figured my way through the Koma script - thanks though

[maca22]

Thanks fellas,

You solved this problem for me aswell.