General ⇒ Headers in front matter of book class

[Myrona]

I'm a beginner at LATEX and using it to write my thesis.... thought it'll be better the using MS word for 300 pages. But I'm having trouble changing the headers (as in headers and footers) in the \frontmatter of the book class (I'm using this class to write my thesis). I don't like it in capitals but I don't know how to change this and I've search all over the internet for some help. I also have other sections in this frontmatter including declaration, abstract, acknowledgments, list of abbreviations - order as follows:

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\frontmatter

\input{Declaration}

\input{Acknowledgments}

\input{Publications}

\input{Abstract}

\tableofcontents

\listoffigures

\listoftables

\input{Abbreviations}

\mainmatter ...

Now, I also want to put in the headers, the name of each of these chapters but all it seems to do is put Contents, list of Figures and List of Tables. Also, as I've put List of Abbreviations after my List of Tables it wants to label my headings in the Abbreviations section with List of Tables. I'm hope this is not too confusing and if this has been answered before it would be great if someone could direct me to the thread. Thanks in advance.

[pumpkinegan]

To get headers use the command

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\pagestyle{headings}

To change the default header from uppercase use the command

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\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\chaptername\ \thechapter. \ #1}{}}

The fancyhdr package may also be worth looking at.

[roescu]

I have the same problem as you have and no solution for this yet.
I have included it in a post of mine as I had some other problem related with the \frontmatter.
It can be also interesting for u, so take a look from time to time also to my post, maybe smb. can help us move on.