Page LayoutDifferent front page layout for each chapter

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snowfrog
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Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:11 pm

Different front page layout for each chapter

Post by snowfrog »

Hi,

I'm trying to get a different layout for each chapter title page in my thesis. Basically, I have a different background picture on each title page and I need to move the title of the chapter each time depending on the picture.

I have

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\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
\vspace*{50\p@}%
{\parindent \z@ \@chapteralignment \reset@font
\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
\huge\bfseries \color{red} \@chapapp{} \thechapter
\par
\vskip 20\p@
\fi
\Huge \bfseries #1\par
\nobreak
\vskip 40\p@
}}
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to define how the title of the chapter should look like in my class definition file.

I saw in an article that to change how the title look I could put something like this in the preamble

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\renewcommand{\@makechapterhead}[1]{%
\vspace*{50\p@}%
{\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
\hrule % horizontal line
\vspace{5pt}% % add vertical space
\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
\huge\scshape \@chapapp\space \thechapter % Chapter number
\par\nobreak
\vskip 20\p@
\fi
\interlinepenalty\@M
\Huge \scshape #1\par % chapter title
\vspace{5pt}% % add vertical space
\hrule % horizontal rule
\nobreak
\vskip 40\p@
}}
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but when I try I get the error message

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! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> 50\p
@
l.7 \vspace*{50\p@}
%
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Besides, even if it worked it would not allow me to have different layout for each chapter I guess.

Does anybody know how I could do this?
Thank you.

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frabjous
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Joined: Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:20 am

Different front page layout for each chapter

Post by frabjous »

If I were you, I'd use the titlesec package, which allows you to use \titleformat{\chapter}... and \titlespacing{\chapter}... commands to change this stuff on the fly. Read its documentation for more info.
snowfrog
Posts: 38
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:11 pm

Different front page layout for each chapter

Post by snowfrog »

I'd use the titlesec package
Thanks for the advise. titlesec works a treat and does exactly what I need!
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