Page Layout ⇒ fancyhdr | Wrong Chapter Numbers in Headers

[aless80]

Hi,
I have a problem with the chapters in the headers. One or two pages before the start of the next chapter (e.g. we are in the last pages of Chapter 2), the header shows the name of the next chapter (e.g. Chapter 3).
Maybe it is \cleardoublepage?
Thanks

Here the code of the main file:

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\documentclass[12pt,b5paper]{book}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\geometry{verbose,a4paper,tmargin=15mm,bmargin=30mm,lmargin=30mm,rmargin=20mm}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{chapterbib}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{ifthen} 
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{units}
\usepackage{sidecap}
\usepackage{xr}
\usepackage[round,numbers,sort&compress]{natbib} 
\defaultbibliographystyle{unsrt}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{5}
\onehalfspacing
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{xcolor,colortbl}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption}
\begin{document}
\newenvironment{mydef}[1]{\begin{definition} #1 \mbox{\\}
\rm}
{\end{definition}}
\cleardoublepage
\clearpage{\pagestyle{empty}\cleardoublepage}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{1}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\cleardoublepage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\input{ch1.tex}
\input{ch2.tex}
\end{document}

Here the code of Ch1 file:

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\pagestyle{fancy}
	\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}}
	\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection\ #1}} \fancyhf{}
	\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\bfseries\thepage}
	\fancyhead[LO]{\bfseries\ Chapter 1}
	\fancyhead[RE]{\bfseries\ Chapter 1}
	\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
	\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
	\addtolength{\headheight}{0.5pt}
\chapter{Chapter1}
\newpage
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\newpage
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Here the code of Ch2 file:

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	\pagestyle{fancy}
	\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}}
	\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection\ #1}} \fancyhf{}
	\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\bfseries\thepage}
	\fancyhead[LO]{\bfseries\ Chapter 2}
	\fancyhead[RE]{\bfseries\ Chapter 2}
	\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
	\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
	\addtolength{\headheight}{0.5pt}
\chapter{Chapter2}
\newpage
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[localghost]

Your example does not compile. Please provide a proper minimal example that is reduced to only relevant code and furthermore compilable out of the box for everybody.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[aless80]

I am sorry, the main file should be:

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\documentclass[12pt,b5paper]{book}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\begin{document}
\cleardoublepage
\clearpage{\pagestyle{empty}\cleardoublepage}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{1}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\cleardoublepage
\input{ch1.tex}
\input{ch2.tex}
\end{document}

you will see that pages 3-4 have the header "Chapter 2" whereas it should be Chapter 1

[meho_r]

You don't need to set headers/footers again and again before every chapter. fancyhdr is there to take care of numbering automatically. So, instead of specifying fancyhdr-related commands before chapters, set headers/footers in your master file only. Also, use commands for automatic numbering; command for chapter numbers is \thechapter, for section numbers is \thesection, etc.

Take a look at the example in the attachment. It's the same code you provided, with these changes:

1. commands for setting headers/footers specified only in the master file (A1.tex) (lines 6–20)
2. \thechapter command used in line 12 instead of manual numbering
3. all fancyhdr-related commands in files Ch01.tex and Ch02.tex are disabled. Commands in the master file (A1.tex) are enough.