[Tex/LaTex] Configure page heading in book class

header-footer

I am writing my thesis and I have a trouble formatting the heading.

The minimal working example is:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,oneside]{book}
\usepackage[DIV=14,BCOR=2mm,headinclude=true,footinclude=false]{typearea}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Introduction}  

Citation here

\newpage

Bla bla

\chapter*{Conclusion}  

\end{document}

My output heading looks like this:

But I need this, i.e. with such a font setup and an under rule:

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Here's an option with fancyhdr:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,oneside]{book}
\usepackage[DIV=14,BCOR=2mm,headinclude=true,footinclude=false]{typearea}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
    \fancypagestyle{plain}{\fancyhf{}\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}} % To clear page numbers from footer, and header line at the start of every chapter

    \pagestyle{fancy}
    \fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
    \fancyhead[L]{\nouppercase\leftmark}
    \fancyhead[R]{\thepage}

\begin{document}
    \chapter{Introduction}  
    \lipsum[1-15]
    \chapter{Introduction}  
    \lipsum[1-15]
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Header problem with book class

The package fancyhdr needs some code after loading it, in order to define precisely what goes in the header.

In oneside format it's not very common to have both the chapter title and the section title, because the header will be too crowded. You probably have somewhere the declaration \pagestyle{fancy}, otherwise the setting would be the standard, that prints on the header only the chapter title and the page number:

2. INTRODUCTION TO SIMULATION 4

If you want the section title and the page number in the header, then

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy} % enable fancy page style
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % comment if you want the rule
\fancyhf{} % clear header and footer
\fancyhead[L]{\rightmark} % section title on the left
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}   % page number on the right

If you want the chapter title, change the fifth line into

\fancyhead[L]{\leftmark} % chapter title on the left

There's no practical way to make chapter and section titles to coexist, except to put them on two lines.

[Tex/LaTex] How to edit header of one page of book class

I'll do with the assumption that you don't want the header in the chapter starting page:

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, reqno,oneside]{book}

\usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra,amssymb,latexsym, amscd,amsthm}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum} % just for the example

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L]{gggggggggggggggggggg}
\fancyhead[R]{\makebox[0.58\linewidth]{\small\leftmark}}
\fancyfoot[R]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.2pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.2pt}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \fancyhf{}%
  \fancyfoot[R]{\thepage}%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}%
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.2pt}%
}


\setlength{\headheight}{14.5pt} % as recommended by fancyhdr

\begin{document}

\chapter{Title}
\lipsum[1-20]

\end{document}

There's no need for a \parbox, unless your titles are unusually long. However I'd set them flush right. If you really need a \parbox, don't use \begin{center}...\end{center} in it, but

\parbox{<length>}{\centering <contents>}

and don't forget to look at the warnings by fancyhdr to know the correct value to assign to \headheight.

If you need to change the page style for other pages, define a specific style:

\fancypagestyle{peculiar}{% use whatever name you please
  \fancyhf{}% clear all the headers and footers
  % now define the contents of the various fields
  \fancyfoot[R]{\thepage}%
  %...
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}% rule at the top
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.2pt}% rule at the bottom
}

and issue \thispagestyle{peculiar} where you need it. By redefining the plain page style you have a different style on the chapter starting pages.

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