Page Layout ⇒ How to add custom numbering - e.g. COVER, or Page #

[RiW]

Hi,

I'm finalising a report and have managed to nicely number the main report in arabic and the abstract & contents in roman form. However, I'd like the front cover to simply display "COVER" in the page number field when viewed as a PDF.

I've seen this done for eBooks and other documents but despite extensive searching for suitable code / a package I can't find a way to do it in Latex.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

[west.logan]

One way it could be done (though I don't know if it's the best) is using the fancyhdr package. Define
\cfoot{COVER}
and then say
\thispagestyle{fancy}
for the title page. If it shows a right foot page number you don't want (for example) then you can do \rfoot{} to make it empty.

[meho_r]

@west.logan, I don't think RiW had that in mind, but word "Cover" should appear in page number field in a PDF viewer, not on the page itself.

@RiW, if you don't need a page number on title page, then one way would be to simply redefine \thepage counter, e.g.:

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\documentclass{report}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\renewcommand{\thepage}{Cover}
\thispagestyle{empty}
{\Huge Title page}

\clearpage
\pagenumbering{roman}

\chapter{A chapter}

\lipsum[1-2]

\section{A section}

\lipsum[1-2]

\clearpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}

\chapter{Another chapter}

\lipsum[1-2]

\section{Another section}

\lipsum[1-2]

\end{document}

[west.logan]

Ah yes, I believe you are correct. Thanks!

[RiW]

Thanks for both your suggestions. My problem was, as meho_r suggested, solved rather nicely by this line.

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\renewcommand{\thepage}{Cover}

So many thanks!