[Tex/LaTex] Header and Footer offset in Exam Document Class

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I am using the exam document class and I want to implement a layout where the headers and footers span over both the text body and the margins.

I tried using the \fancyhfoffset command from the fancyhdr package, but commands like \cfoot, \lfoot are overruled by the document class.

Is there a way to disable the native header and footers from the exam document class or some other way of implementing this?

My MWE:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,fleqn]{exam}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[danish]{babel}
\usepackage[includemp, a4paper, textwidth=0.6\paperwidth, marginparwidth=0.2\paperwidth]{geometry}

\pagestyle{headandfoot}
\firstpagefooter{MyName}{MyTitle}{ThePage}
\runningfooter{MyName}{MyTitle}{ThePage}

\title{MyTitle}
\author{MyName}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\thispagestyle{headandfoot}
...

\end{document}

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I'm not sure to understand exactly what you want to achieve.

Anyway the commands to move headers and footers up and and down in your document when using the exam class are, respectively, \extraheadheight and \extrafootheight.

They have to be used in the preamble and their sintax is

\extraheadheight[<1st page spacing>]{<spacing>}

and

\extrafootheight[<1st page spacing>]{<spacing>}

If the optional argument is omitted, then all pages including the first are affected by these commands.

Give positive values if you want headers/footers closer to the text, negative values if you want headers/footers closer to the margins of the page.

The following is an example that shows you how they act when you give different values for the first and the running pages:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,fleqn]{exam}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[danish]{babel}
\usepackage[includemp, a4paper, textwidth=0.6\paperwidth, marginparwidth=0.2\paperwidth]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum} % only for the example

\pagestyle{headandfoot}
\firstpagefooter{MyName}{MyTitle}{ThePage}
\runningfooter{MyName}{MyTitle}{ThePage}
\firstpageheader{MyName}{MyTitle}{ThePage}
\runningheader{MyName}{MyTitle}{ThePage}

\extraheadheight[.25in]{.5in}
\extrafootheight[.25in]{.5in}

\title{MyTitle}
\author{MyName}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\thispagestyle{headandfoot}
\lipsum[1-7]

\end{document}

Result:

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Looks like you have to tweak at two places,

\bonuspointname{\relax} will reset the word bonus. Try playing putting other words in place of \relax.
\bonuspointformat controls the actual format how the actual points are displayed. You can get your intended format using \bonuspointformat{[\thepoints]}.

So, your minimal example becomes,

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,bothsides]{exam}
\pagestyle{headandfoot}
\marksnotpoints
\pointsinrightmargin
\addpoints
\totalformat{{\bf (\totalpoints \, marks)}}
\bonustotalformat{{\bf (\totalbonuspoints \, marks)}}

\begin{document}

\bonuspointname{\relax}
\bonuspointformat{[\thepoints]}


\begin{questions}
\bonusquestion[3] What is your name?
\end{questions}
\end{document}

I did not know about this package before, so answering your question was an introduction to a very useful package.

[Tex/LaTex] Exam class: Header on odd pages – including first – footer on all

You can use the \oddeven command. That command takes two arguments; the first is used on odd numbered pages and the second is used on even numbered pages. Thus, you'd use something like

  \newcommand{\myleft}{\makebox[.5\textwidth][l]{Name:\enspace\hrulefill}}
  \newcommand{\myright}{\makebox[.25\textwidth][r]{Date:\enspace\hrulefill}}
  \header{\oddeven{\myleft}{\hfill}}
         {\hfill}
         {\oddeven{\myright}{\hfill}}

Edit: Actually, all those \hfill's are unnecessary; you can just use

\newcommand{\myleft}{\makebox[.5\textwidth]{Name:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\newcommand{\myright}{\makebox[.25\textwidth]{Date:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\header{\oddeven{\myleft}{}}
       {}
       {\oddeven{\myright}{}}

Edit: Here are two complete LaTeX files, both of which work when I test them. The first uses \lhead, \rhead, etc., and the second uses \header.

\documentclass{exam}

\newcommand{\myleft}{\makebox[.5\textwidth]{Name:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\newcommand{\myright}{\makebox[.25\textwidth]{Date:\enspace\hrulefill}}

\lhead{\oddeven{\myleft}{}}
\rhead{\oddeven{\myright}{}}

\footrule
\lfoot{Test 1: Ch 1.5 through 3.4}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{Page \thepage\ of \numpages}

\begin{document}

Here's the first page.
\newpage

Here's the second page.
\newpage

Here's the third page.
\newpage

Here's the fourth page.
\newpage

\end{document}

Here's the second LaTeX file:

\documentclass{exam}

\newcommand{\myleft}{\makebox[.5\textwidth]{Name:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\newcommand{\myright}{\makebox[.25\textwidth]{Date:\enspace\hrulefill}}
\header{\oddeven{\myleft}{}}
       {}
       {\oddeven{\myright}{}}

\footrule

\footer{Test 1: Ch 1.5 through 3.4}
       {}
       {Page \thepage\ of \numpages}

\begin{document}

Here's the first page.
\newpage

Here's the second page.
\newpage

Here's the third page.
\newpage

Here's the fourth page.
\newpage

\end{document}

enter image description here

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