Text Formatting ⇒ Bold Chapter headings

[sherrre]

Hello,

I'm trying to alter the style file that my university provided so that chapter headings are bold, similar to the section and subsection labels. Unfortunately, the attempted changes I have made succeeded in making all the text in the document bold. Any help or hints would be appreciated.

Ryan

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\def\chapter{\clearpage \thispagestyle{plain} \global\@topnum\z@
\@afterindenttrue \secdef\@chapter\@schapter} 
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
 \refstepcounter{chapter}
 \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}
 {\def\\{}
 \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect
 \numberline{\thechapter}#1}}\else {\def\\{}
 \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}}\fi
 \chaptermark{#1}
 \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10pt}}
\addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10pt}} \if@twocolumn
\@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}] 
 \else \@makechapterhead{#2}
 \@afterheading \fi} 
\def\@schapter#1{\if@twocolumn \@topnewpage[\@makeschapterhead{#1}]
 \else \@makeschapterhead{#1} 
 \@afterheading\fi}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Ryan,

welcome to the board!

This code doesn't make all the text bold. When I extend it to a compilable document, the standard text isn't bold:

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\documentclass{report}
\makeatletter
\def\chapter{\clearpage \thispagestyle{plain} \global\@topnum\z@
\@afterindenttrue \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
 \refstepcounter{chapter}
 \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}
 {\def\\{}
 \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect
 \numberline{\thechapter}#1}}\else {\def\\{}
 \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}}\fi
 \chaptermark{#1}
 \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10pt}}
\addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10pt}} \if@twocolumn
\@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]
 \else \@makechapterhead{#2}
 \@afterheading \fi}
\def\@schapter#1{\if@twocolumn \@topnewpage[\@makeschapterhead{#1}]
 \else \@makeschapterhead{#1}
 \@afterheading\fi}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\chapter{Test}
text
\end{document}

Click on "Open in writeLaTeX" above the code box to easily verify it online.

Please post a minimal working example which shows the problem. As you can see, a code snippet doesn't help if the cause is somewhere else. You could additionally post the style file as attachment.

Stefan

[sherrre]

Stefan,

Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure how to post a minimal working example, but I have attached the style file I am trying to modify to this post.

I should have made it more clear that any changes I made to the file resulted in the entire text being bold. I have posted the original (unchanged) file to this post.

Thank you again,

Ryan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

any changes I made to the file resulted in the entire text being bold.

We should see the changes to be able to say what's wrong with them.

Besides that, the style file seems defective. When I try, as recommended in the style file, with report and ulem:

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\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage{aums,ulem}
\usepackage{aums}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Test}
text
\end{document}

I already get an error

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! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again> 
                   \let 
l.7 \end{document}

Either the style file is bad or it's modified and not the original one. Perhaps show how you use it, i.e. which code you used, in a meaning of a minimal working example, showing the problem.

I wonder why you use the style file but modify it. If a style file is required or recommended, it should not be changed. If it's not required, and you would like to have a different layout, don't use it but start from a standard class and customize that one.

When I see the style file, I would say: it's not much, doesn't seem to be specifically good what couldn't be easily done otherwise, and it's very old (1989, with a small update in 2009). No need to use it if it's not a must, I'd say.

Stefan

[sherrre]

Stefan,

The style file that I uploaded is not required. The grad students struggle with and accept the outdated style file because the alternative is using Microsoft Word. I would be fine customizing a standard class file to suite my needs.

Is there a standard file that you would recommend using? I would be happy to attempt to modify it, and ask questions to the Latex Community as needed.

Ryan

[svend_tveskaeg]

I would be fine customizing a standard class file to suite my needs.

Is there a standard file that you would recommend using?

If it is a large assignment, e.g. a project, or (especially) a thesis, I would strongly recommend the memoir class.

For small works, article is a good choice.