[Tex/LaTex] How to remove page number at the first page and the blank page of each chapter

blank-pagepage-numbering

I am at present typing a manuscript in WinEdt 8.0 and got stuck in the following page set up problem. Please help me out. Allow me to state the situation in short-details.

The publisher demanded that the print out will be done in letterpaper with 11pt font size. Now I am habituated in page set up with a4paper always. Hence I was little confused about but later I changed the option a4paper in the option of \documentclass.

Below I have provided the sample. Please have a look and edit if you wish.

\documentclass[11pt, letterpaper]{document}      
%=========    
\setlength{\topmargin}{-.3in}  
\setlength{\headsep}{0.1in}     
\setlength{\textheight}{9.5in}  
\setlength{\textwidth}{7in}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-.3in} 
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-.3in}
\setlength{\topskip}{.2in}       
\setlength{\footskip}{.5in}     
%========    
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage[letterpaper]{geometry}                  
\usepackage[english]{babel}
%============
\begin{document}
\chapter{Apple}
Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. 

\chapter{Kolkata}
Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. 

    \chapter{Chennai}
text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. 

    \chapter{Mumbai}
Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. Text. text. 

    \end{document}

Now let me tell you my haphazard that I am facing.

(1) I request you to kindly copy and past the above sample in your own WinEdt and compile/run there. Before that, increase the words "text" so many so that in the output each chapter will be at least 4-5 pages long. Its necessary cause then only I will be able to make my situation precise. My problem is: each chapter is having page number at the bottom, in fact at the extreme bottom but the remaining page numbers are in the above, making the page set up proper. Is it possible, that each chapter is starting with no the page number? What command should I use ?

(2)Now the next problem. After the compilation is done, I am getting some blank pages at the end of most chapters with the header name as the chapter name. How to remove that ?

Mean to say, e.g. chapter 2 is ending with one blank page at the end and it is having the header Chapter 2:Bla bla . How shall I remove that blank page ?

Please help me. And also edit the portion in this post if you desire. I have tried my best sincerely to make it clear what situation I am having.

Thanking you

Best Answer

Assuming book class the standard is that chapters start on the right side, i.e. the odd-numbered page (recto page). This will lead to empty even-numbered pages (verso page) occur of course, if there's not enough typesetting content to fill the last page before a new chapter starts.

The openany documentclass option to book allows chapters to start on verso pages. (report uses openany by default)

By default chapters use a numbered start page (the page number is most times at the bottom then), i.e. the pagestyle is plain. If this is not wanted, use \thispagestyle{empty} and the patch command \xpatchcmd which replaces the page style definition.

Removing the page number however omits the information which page it is, of course -- this can be quite confusing.

In addition:

Use the various options of geometry package instead of manipulating the internal layout settings directly. Please change the settings to the needs.
Use the blindtext package to generate portions of dummy text just to show some effect and filling up the pages.

\documentclass[11pt,openany,letterpaper]{book}      
%=========    
%\setlength{\topmargin}{-.3in}  
%\setlength{\headsep}{0.1in}     
%\setlength{\textheight}{9.5in}  
%\setlength{\textwidth}{7in}
%\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-.3in} 
%\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-.3in}
%\setlength{\topskip}{.2in}       
%\setlength{\footskip}{.5in}     
%========    
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage[headsep=0.1in,lmargin=0.8in,rmargin=0.8in,letterpaper]{geometry}                  
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{xpatch}

% Removing plain style and replace it with empty style for the chapter start page
\xpatchcmd{\chapter}{\thispagestyle{plain}}{\thispagestyle{empty}}{}{}



\usepackage{blindtext}
%============
\begin{document}
\chapter{Apple}
\blindtext[12]
\chapter{Kolkata}
\blindtext[10]
\chapter{Chennai}
\blindtext[10]
\chapter{Mumbai}
\blindtext[10]
\end{document}

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is there a … way … to chop off the extraneous whitespace at the end of my document without tinkering with the .sty file?

You can always just override the macros of the .sty file by redefining them in your actual document. This may not always be pretty but it’s absolutely possible. In the simplest case, if we assume that some command \foo is responsible for the blank page by issuing a command \clearpage, you can just copy that out of the .sty file and redefine it in your main document.

Given:

\newcommand\foo{…something…\clearpage…something else…}

Just put this into your document:

\renewcommand\foo{…somethign……something else…}

Of course, this needs to be adjusted for parameters etc. and it’s probably not as simple as removing a redundant \clearpage but the principle still applies.

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You get three times a page 1 in the front matter: in the report class the titlepage environment which is used also by abstract resets the page number to 1.

I suggest you to use the book class with its \frontmatter and \mainmatter commands, with \chapter{\abstractname} for the abstract in the front matter.

However also the report class can be used, after patching the relevant commands; I show only the important parts, add the rest to suit. It's probably better to \usepackage[<options>]{geometry} for setting the page parameters and \usepackage{setspace} for the interline spacing.

Remember the \clearpage command before \pagenumbering{arabic}.

\documentclass[12pt]{report}

%%% PATCHES %%%
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
% Patch `titlepage` not to reset the page number
\patchcmd{\titlepage}{\setcounter{page}\@ne}{}{}{}
\patchcmd{\endtitlepage}{\setcounter{page}\@ne}{}{}{}

% Patch `abstract` so that it shows the page number
\patchcmd{\abstract}{\titlepage}{\titlepage\thispagestyle{plain}}{}{}
\makeatother
%%% END PATCHES %%%

\begin{document}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\begin{titlepage}
abc
\end{titlepage}
\begin{abstract}
dddd
\end{abstract}

\tableofcontents

\clearpage %%%%% <---- IMPORTANT
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\pagestyle{myheadings} \markright{}
\chapter{A}

\end{document}

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