I'm using the KOMA-Script Book class to create a book in LyX. I don't want to have any headers in my book, but they're active by default. Is there anything I can do to turn them off?
Thank you for any help you may provide!
[Tex/LaTex] How to turn off headers with KOMA-Script Book
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Related Solutions
If you want the same footskip as ​used by the standard class article then change it to 30pt:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[margin=2cm,
footskip=30pt% <- added
]{geometry}
\begin{document}
A test document: \the\footskip
\end{document}
Explanation:
With a KOMA-Script class the \footskip is set to 3.5\baselineskip. The standard classes article and report use 30pt as \footskip while the book class uses .35in with fontsize 10pt, .38in with 11pt and 30pt with fontsize 12pt. If you change only the margins using package geometry the \footskip is not changed even if you use a standard class. See the following example:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[
margin=30pt,
showframe% to show the page layout
]{geometry}
\begin{document}
A test document: \the\footskip
\end{document}
Result:
As you can see the page number can be also too close to the paper edge even if the standard class article is used. Hence the page number is not placed wisely by the standard class - its baseline is simple placed 30pt below the text body.
So if you change the margins manually it is your task to manually adjust the footskip.
If the baseline of the page number should be in the middle of the white space you can use footskip=1cm (= half of the bottom margin). Or choose something like footskip=\dimexpr1cm+.7ex\relax if the page number should be nearly centered in the white space at the bottom.
Update/Addition (regarding the changed question and a comment)
Here is your second example using the packages showframe and layout:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,headsepline,twoside=false]{scrbook}
\usepackage[left=3.50cm, right=2.50cm, top=2.5cm, bottom=2.5cm,
%includehead,
]{geometry}
\usepackage{pagegrid}
\pagegridsetup{tl,firstcolor=blue!50}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{layout}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\layout
\chapter{Test Chapter}
\lipsum[10]
\clearpage
\noindent\lipsum[10]
\end{document}
Result:
As you can see the text body starts 2.5cm below of the paper edge. Note that the KOMA option headsepline sets the KOMAoption headinclude for the KOMA package typearea. But you change your layout using geometry. So you have to tell this package that the header should be included. If you uncomment its option includehead in the example you get
Now the top of the header is 2.5cm below of the paper edge.
The command \layout from the package layout shows us the exact values
The top of the header is 1inch+\voffset+\topmargin below of the paper edge. Note that \voffset is normally 0pt. With option includehead this results in your 2.5cm (set by geometry).
The text body starts 1inch+\voffset+\topmargin+\headheight+\headskip below of the paper edge. Without option includehead this results in 2.5cm (set by geometry).
Using geometry you can controll:
- the distance to the text body (without
includehead) or the distance to the top of the header by thegeometryoptiontop - the height of the head by the
geometryoptionheadheight - the sep between header and text body by the
geometryoptionheadsep
See the documentation of geometry for more Information.
You can use \KOMAoptions{open=left} before that specific chapter and \KOMAoptions{open=right} before the next chapter that should start on a right page:
\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Chapter on right page}
\lipsum
\KOMAoptions{open=left}
\chapter{Chapter on left page}
\lipsum
\KOMAoptions{open=right}
\chapter{Chapter again on right page}
\lipsum
\end{document}
Result:
Or you define an own command \chapterleft:
\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\let\chapterleft\chapter
\usepackage{xpatch}
\xpretocmd\chapterleft{\KOMAoptions{open=left}}{}{}
\xapptocmd\chapterheadendvskip{\KOMAoptions{open=right}}{}{}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Chapter on right page}
\lipsum
\chapterleft{Chapter on left page}
\lipsum
\chapter{Chapter again on right page}
\lipsum
\end{document}
Best Answer
There are four predefined page styles that can be used with KOMA-Script class without loading an additional package for header and footer.
You can use
\pagestyle{plain}to get the page number in footer but an empty header.empty: header and footer are emptyheadings: page number in footer, headings will be set by chapters, sections etc.myheadings: page number in footer, headings have to be set by the userplain: page number in footer, header is emptyThe default page style of
scrbookisheadings. So the chapter will be in header on even pages and the sections on odd pages.It seems that you want to use page style
plain.Or you can use
\pagestyle{myheadings}. This pagestyle allows to set own header entries using\markbothor\markright. These entries will then not be changed by new chapters or sections.