parts
I am writing a report divided into parts. I would like to write a short description of each part on the same page as the part headline. When I just write:
\part{Hello}
Hello there...
The text "Hello there.." skips to the next page instead of the same.
Can you help me?
There seems to be a \newpage at the end of part command, which has to be kicked out, by relaxing it temporarily, in a group.
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\makeatletter
\let\LaTeXStandardPart\part%
\newcommand{\unstarredpart@@noopt}[1]{%
\unstarredpart@@opt[#1]{#1}%
}%
\newcommand{\unstarredpart@@opt}[2][]{%
\cleardoublepage% (For clearing content before!!!)
\begingroup%
\let\newpage\relax%
\LaTeXStandardPart[#1]{#2}%
\endgroup%
}%
\newcommand{\starredpart}[1]{%
\LaTeXStandardPart*{#1}%
}%
\newcommand{\unstarredpart}{%
\@ifnextchar[{\unstarredpart@@opt}{\unstarredpart@@noopt}%
}%
\renewcommand{\part}{%
\@ifstar{\starredpart}{\unstarredpart}%
}%
\begin{document}
\part{Some part}%
\blindtext[10]
\chapter{First chapter}
\section{First section}%
\blindtext
\part{Other part}
\chapter{Other chapter}%
\end{document}
\part forces a blank page but you can redefine it to add some text eg:
\documentclass[twoside,12pt,openright]{book}
\makeatletter
\def\@endpart{\vfil\newpage
\if@twoside
\if@openright
\null
\thispagestyle{empty}%
%<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\vspace*{\fill}%
\begin{quote}%
\partnote
\end{quote}%
\vspace*{\fill}%
%<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\newpage
\fi
\fi
\if@tempswa
\twocolumn
\fi}
\newcommand\partnote{}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\renewcommand\partnote{This part is about something}
\part{pone title}
bla bla bla
\end{document}
with titlesec the definition needs to be moved and adjusted a bit:
\documentclass[twoside,12pt,openright]{book}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\part}[frame]
{\bfseries\Huge}
{\filright\large\enspace{\partname}\enspace}
{40pt}
{\Large\filcenter\MakeUppercase}
\def\@endpart{\vfil\newpage
\if@twoside
\if@openright
\null
\thispagestyle{empty}%
%<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\vspace*{\fill}%
\begin{quote}%
\partnote
\end{quote}%
\vspace*{\fill}%
%<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\newpage
\fi
\fi
\if@tempswa
\twocolumn
\fi}
\newcommand\partnote{}
\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\def\ttl@page@ii#1#2#3#4#5#6#7{%
\ttl@assign\@tempskipa#3\relax\beforetitleunit
\if@openright
\cleardoublepage
\else
\clearpage
\fi
\@ifundefined{ttl@ps@#6}%
{\thispagestyle{plain}}%
{\thispagestyle{\@nameuse{ttl@ps@#6}}}%
\if@twocolumn
\onecolumn
\@tempswatrue
\else
\@tempswafalse
\fi
\vspace*{\@tempskipa}%
\@afterindenttrue
\ifcase#5 \@afterindentfalse\fi
\ttl@assign\@tempskipb#4\relax\aftertitleunit
\ttl@select{#6}{#1}{#2}{#7}%
\ttl@finmarks
\@ifundefined{ttlp@#6}{}{\ttlp@write{#6}}%
\vspace{\@tempskipb}%
\newpage
\if@twoside
\if@openright
\null
\@ifundefined{ttl@ps@#6}%
{\thispagestyle{empty}}%
{\thispagestyle{\@nameuse{ttl@ps@#6}}}%
%<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\vspace*{\fill}%
\begin{quote}%
\partnote
\end{quote}%
\vspace*{\fill}%
%<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
\newpage
\fi
\fi
\if@tempswa
\twocolumn
\fi
\ignorespaces}%
\makeatother
\renewcommand\partnote{This part is about something}
\part{pone title}
bla bla bla
\end{document}
Best Answer
You could make the text an optional argument to
\partfor example