fancyhdrheader-footerthesis
I am writing my thesis by using isuthesis package.
I want page numbers to come at the middle of bottom of the page. For that I thought of using fancyhdr package.
\documentclass[answers,a4paper]{isuthesis}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\begin{document}
hello world
\end{document}
I get the build error:
! LaTeX Error: Command \lhead already defined.
Or name \end… illegal, see p.192 of the manual.
Please help in solving this error.
If you don't set a proper head height, fancyhdr reports the following:
Package Fancyhdr Warning: \headheight is too small (XX.Xpt):
Make it at least YY.YYYYpt.
We now make it that large for the rest of the document.
This may cause the page layout to be inconsistent, however.
As such, the newly-set \headheight will be the same throughout the document. To avoid this, I've created the following minimal document that sets a consistent head height, adding a vertical space (gap) on the first page to simulate a larger header:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr,datetime,geometry,lipsum,graphicx}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%date in format Sunday, October 25, 2011
\usdate
\def\theday {\dayofweekname{\day}{\month}{\year}}
\def\mydate {\theday , \today}
%%%%%%%%%%return address%%%%%%%%%%
\def\myname {Frank Thorne}
\def\mydeptname {Department of Mathematics}
\def\myaffiliation {University of South Carolina}
\def\mystreet {1523 Greene Street}
\def\mycitystatezip {Columbia,~SC \quad 29208}
\def\myphone {\textit{Phone:} (803)404-4057 (home)}
\def\office {(803)777-4224}
\def\fax {\textit{Fax:}(803)777-3783}
\def\email {thorne@math.sc.edu}
\def\url {\texttt{http://www.math.sc.edu/~thornef}} % NOTE: use $\sim$ for tilde
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%margins%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\geometry{
margin = 1in,
headheight = 13.5pt
}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} %controls how the indentation of new paragraphs behaves
\setlength{\parskip}{6pt} %controls the space between paragraphs
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%letterhead%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\fancyfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}%
\fancypagestyle{firstpage}{
\fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
%%%usc logo
\fancyhead[L]{\raisebox{\dimexpr-\height+\baselineskip}[0pt][0pt]{\includegraphics[width=2.5in]{example-image}}}
%%%%%%%%%%return address on right%%%%%%%
\fancyhead[R]{\leavevmode\footnotesize\itshape%
\begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}
\myname \\ \mydeptname \\
\myaffiliation \\ \mystreet \\
\mycitystatezip \\ \email \\[\normalbaselineskip]
\mydate
\end{tabular}}
}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{firstpage}
\vspace*{8\baselineskip}
\lipsum[1-10]
\bigskip
\hspace{.5\textwidth}%
\begin{tabular}{@{}l}
Sincerely, \\[2\normalbaselineskip]
Frank Thorne \\
\textit{Assistant Professor of Mathematics}
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
I've used geometry to adjust the page layout - it's just easier/more convenient.
An alternative package to fancyhdr is scrlayer-scrpage. It can do what you want. Though i have to admit, i have no idea why you want the section titles in the header.
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,
%draft
]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % utf8 reicht zu
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % ordentliche Trennung
\usepackage[french,USenglish,UKenglish,ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{lmodern} % ordentliche Schriften
\usepackage[babel,style=swiss,maxlevel=3,threshold=3]{csquotes}
\usepackage{extsizes}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage[top=2.5cm,bottom=3.5cm,left=2.5cm,right=4cm,
headheight=14.5pt% add a bit for the head
]{geometry}
\usepackage{lettrine}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{poetrytex}
% An alternative to fancyhdr
\usepackage[markcase=ignoreupper]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\automark[section]{section}
\ohead{\headmark}
\ofoot*{\pagemark}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titlespacing{\chapter}{0pt}{24pt}{12pt}
\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{24pt}{12pt}
\titlespacing{\subsection}{0pt}{24pt}{12pt}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{epigraph}
\setlength\epigraphwidth{0.75\textwidth}
\setlength\epigraphrule{0pt}
\renewcommand{\epigraphsize}{\small}
\renewcommand{\afterepigraphskip}{12pt}
\usepackage[]{acronym}
\usepackage{blindtext}%
\usepackage{xcolor}%
\usepackage{hyperref}% at the end
\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\blinddocument
\begin{figure}
\caption{Wombat}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
I made a few other changes and marked them with a short comment.
Best Answer
As stated in the comments, the class already defines commands like
\lheadorcfoot, you can just use them.By default, the pagenumber is set in the center of the head, you first need to clear this field or the page number will appear two times on the page.