[Tex/LaTex] How to remove the number of the page in latex

page-numbering

I am a newbie in Latex. I know there are many manuals where I can learn how to use Latex but I am facing a problem I can't manage to solve simply. The structure of my document is this:

title page
abstract
table of contents

The problem is that I don't want that the abstract page to have the page number at the bottom. To do this in the title page I simply used the command \pagestyle{empty} . Now if I try to do the same with the abstract page it doesn't work. Here it is the code of my document:

\begin{document}

\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=.40]{Sapienza.png}
\vspace{3em}
\end{figure}

\begin{center}
%%%% here there are many sentences
\end{center}

\clearpage{\pagestyle{empty}\cleardoublepage}

\pagestyle{empty} %%in order to delete the number at the bottom of the page

\chapter*{Abstract}
%%sentences

\pagestyle{plain}%%to insert again the number of the page

\tableofcontents

The problem is that the abstract page keeps showing the page number and I can't manage to delete it. Can you please help me?

Best Answer

Use:

\thispagestyle{empty}

It will remove the pagenumber on the page it's applied to.

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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}

[Tex/LaTex] How to put the page numbers where I need them

By default the first page of each \chapter is set using the plain page style under the basic book and report document classes. To see why this is the case, consider the \chapter macro:

\newcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
                    \thispagestyle{plain}%
                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}

Note the setting of \thispagestyle{plain}. If you wish to change that, you can either create a new page style and update plain.

Creating a new style:

Using fancyhdr you can either use the default fancy page style or create your own. Here's how to create your own:

\fancypagestyle{main}{
  \fancyhf{}% Clear all headers/footers
  \fancyhead[R]{\thepage}% Page in Right header
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}% Header rule
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}% No footer rule
}

The usage with something like titleps is similar:

\newpagestyle{main}{
  \sethead{}% Left header
    {}% Centre header
    {\thepage}% Right header
  \setfoot{}{}{}% Clear footer
  \setheadrule{.4pt}% Header rule
  \setfootrule{0pt}% Not footer rule
}

Now you either insert this style on the chapter pages manually using

\chapter{My chapter}
\thispagestyle{main}

or you update this through a patch to be implemented globally. Here's a patch using etoolbox (place this in your document preamble):

\usepackage{etoolbox}% http://ctan.org/pkg/etoolbox
\patchcmd{\chapter}% <cmd>
  {plain}% <search>
  {main}% <replace>
  {}{}% <success><failure>

Update plain:

This is similar to the above solutions. For fancyhdr, use

\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  % your new plain settings
}

For titleps use

\renewpagestyle{plain}{%
  % your new plain settings
}

The above changes slightly if you're using a two-side document setup. However, it changes drastically if you're using another document class.

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