MATLAB: How to modify the chapter heading properties in the customized stylesheet using Report Generator in MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a)

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I am trying to modify the font size and font type of my chapter heading in my report generated using report generator. However, the chapter/subsection component under the "Formatting" section does not offer the ability to modify these properties.

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The ability to modify the font size and font class of the chapter heading for a report is not available in Report Generator for MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a). As a workaround, modify the "titlepage.templates.xsl" file that may be found at the following location:

$MATLABROOT\sys\namespace\docbook\v4\xsl\fo

where $MATLABROOT is the MATLAB root directory that may be found by entering the following command at the MATLAB command prompt:

matlabroot

To make the modification, you may change the property "chapter.titlepage.recto.style" at line 1976 appropriately. Note that the line number mentioned here is specific to MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a) and is subject to change in upcoming releases of MATLAB.

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MATLAB: Is it possible to add the ability to add headers and footers in the MATLAB Report Generator

This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 14 Service Pack 3 (R14SP3) for PDF Reports. In PDF reports, two cell groups are available for this purpose, Header Content and Footer Content. You can use templates to specify XML code that defines the content for a header or a footer.

Follow the steps below to create a custom stylesheet for PDF with custom header and footer contents:

1) Open the report setup file in Report Explorer

2) From the menu bar, click Tools > Edit Stylesheet.

3) Find the -Formatting Objects (PDF)—in the middle window and double click on ‘Custom Header’

4) Change the display name in the properties pane on the right to ‘My Custom Header’ (or any desired name)

5) In the left window, go to the ‘Header content’ and ‘Footer content’ tabs and replace the default values with custom content.

6) Save the stylesheet (as a ‘.rgs’ file) on the MATLAB path

7) Select the report setup file in the left window,

    In the selection lists under the ‘Report Format and Stylesheet’ area of the     Properties pane on the right:
       Specify Acrobat (PDF) for File format
       Specify My Custom Header for stylesheet.

8) Save the report setup file and generate report.

In MATLAB 7.14 (R2012a), a good tutorial on adding a custom header to a report is available in the section 'Adding Graphics to Headers in a PDF Report' of the following page:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2012a/toolbox/rptgen/ug/brc6_55.html#brc6_8s-1

For more information on editing and customizing a stylesheet, refer to the following documentation page and the links within:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2012a/toolbox/rptgen/ug/bqad9fi-1.html

For product releases prior to Release 14 Service Pack 3 (R14SP3), there are no workarounds.

MATLAB: How to modify the font size of chapter headings in MATLAB Report Generator 3.6 (R2009a)

Changing the chapter font size is not supported by Report Generator out-of-the-box, however, the modified stylesheet that is attached will allow you to control the chapter title font sizes through the GUI (there is a new value called 'Chapter Titlepage Recto Style' which can be modified).

Note that there may be an unrelated caching issue: if you run the report, modify the stylesheet and rerun the report, you may not see your latest stylesheet changes. If this becomes an issue, you can either close and reopen MATLAB or call

   com.mathworks.toolbox.rptgencore.output.StylesheetCache.clearCachedStylesheet 
from the command line to refresh the cache.

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