Text Formatting ⇒ Remove Chapter Prefix

[mauro269]

Hi guys,

I'm here again. As I said in the previous thread, I've completed my academic thesis and I'm formatting the text. I'm trying to format the "Conclusions" section but LaTeX gives out this form.

Chapter XXX
Conclusions

I would like to remove the "Chapter XXX" from the output without influencing the Index.
For a better comprehension of my problem, I'm doing a main file with \include{chapterY} functions.

Thanks for your help

[cgnieder]

Would you please add a minimal working example (please follow the link if you're unsure what that is)? An answer may very well depend on the document class, customizations...

Regards

[mauro269]

Ok, it's a little bit hard. Here there is my MAIN file:

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\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, oneside, titlepage, openright]{book}
\usepackage[applemac]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,italian]{babel}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace}
\usepackage{sectsty}
\sectionfont{\large}
\usepackage[center]{caption}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amsthm,mathrsfs}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{latexsym}

\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex

\begin{document}
\input{abstract}

\tableofcontents

\input{chapter1}
\input{chapter2}
\input{conclusions}

\end{document}

My conclusion instead is the code below:

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\chapter{Conclusions}

Body of the text

[turok]

I hope it would be useful:

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\chapter{AAA}

\chapter*{Conclusions}
\addtocounter{chapter}{1}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\thechapter. Conclusions}

\chapter{ZZZ}

[localghost]

I hope it would be useful:

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\chapter{AAA}

\chapter*{Conclusions}
\addtocounter{chapter}{1}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\thechapter. Conclusions}

\chapter{ZZZ}

Where is the sense in putting an unnumbered chapter with a numbered entry into the ToC?


Thorsten

[mauro269]

I've not understood...If it's ok (localghost seems disappointed), where I have to put that code? In my main file?

[localghost]

[…] (localghost seems disappointed) […]

No trace of disappointment, just irritation about the effect of the proposed code. I just want to point some issues.

• The proposed code as is generates an unnumbered chapter but adds this chapter numbered to the ToC. Furthermore it does this with inconsistent spacing. As a reader I would expect the chapter entry in the ToC to be unnumbered as well.
• Another issue is that the proposed code increments the chapter counter. This results in an unnumbered chapter followed by a numbered chapter which has no continued numbering.

Since you are using the book class, a better method would be to use the commands \frontmatter, \mainmatter and \backmatter to divide your document into certain parts. The below code shows a short example.

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\documentclass[
  12pt,
  a4paper
  english,
  italian
]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
\usepackage{blindtext}  % only for dummy text here

\makeindex

\begin{document}
  \frontmatter
  \tableofcontents

  \chapter{Introduction}

  \mainmatter
  \blinddocument

  \appendix
  \chapter{Tables}

  \backmatter
  \chapter{Conclusions}
  \chapter{Acknowledgments}

  \begin{thebibliography}{9}  % usually generated by BibTeX
    \item{be} Bibliography Entry
  \end{thebibliography}

  \printindex
\end{document}

You wouldn't need any modifications in your sub-files which contain the chapters.

[mauro269]

Thanks localghost!