[Tex/LaTex] Document class: APA6 – problem using the abstract

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First of all, I am a bloody beginner in LaTeX, searching for some help.

I am using the document class APA6.cls and I want to separate the content of title page from the abstract page. Using \newpage command is somehow ignored by MiKTeX. Is it even possible to separate both elements?

Greetings,
Jens

Best Answer

Just to push this out of the unanswered queue, here's a workaround for getting the abstract in the second page. I'd never recommend apa6 for anything else than submissions to the APA.

\documentclass[doc]{apa6}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\patchcmd{\maketitle}
  {{\abstractname}}
  {\newpage\textbf{\abstractname}}% remove `\textbf` if you don't want boldface
  {}{}

\begin{document}

\title{Title}
\shorttitle{Title}
\author{Me}
\affiliation{Germany}
\abstract{This cannot be on the second page}

\maketitle

\end{document}

The correct patch, however, depends on the options passed to the class. This one is good for doc.

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