[Tex/LaTex] Manually edit chapter for one page with fancyhdr

chaptersfancyhdrheader-footermemoir

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,oldfontcommands,oneside]{memoir}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\lhead{\leftmark}

\begin{document}

\listoftables
\clearpage

\chapter*{List of Symbols}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Symbols}

My list of symbols is already two pages long. The problem: on the second page header it does not say "List of Symbols" but "List of Tables". If I use \chapter instead of \chapter* the chapter will be numbered eventhough it shouldn't be numbered. Any ideas on how to manually change the "current chapter" for fancyhdr on this single page?

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I'd advise against using fancyhdr with the memoir document class, as the class already provides a similar functionality to updating the headers/footers.

In order to obtain the appropriate header for your List of Symbols, use

\chapter*[List of Symbols]{List of Symbols}

The optional argument for \chapter also changes the header (or chapter mark).

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[Tex/LaTex] Chaptername in header except for Chapter page using fancyhdr

Try this code:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\lhead{\itshape BA TOPIC}
\chead{\itshape{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}}
\rhead{\thepage}
\lfoot{}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}

\usepackage[ocgcolorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{bookmark}
\usepackage{lipsum}    %% for dummy text

\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\pagestyle{plain}

%Titlepage
%\input{title.tex}

%ToC etc
    \tableofcontents
    \listoffigures
    \listoftables

\cleardoublepage
\pagestyle{fancy}

%define header style for chapter pages and put it here
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
    \fancyhf{}
    \fancyhead[L]{\itshape{BA THEMA}}
    \fancyhead[C]{}
    \fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
}
\mainmatter
% actual Content
\chapter{Einleitung}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Some section}
\lipsum[2-8]
\chapter{Second}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Some other section}
\lipsum

\end{document}

You can define a fancy page style like:

\fancypagestyle{myfancy}{%
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L]{<your settings>}
\fancyhead[C]{<your settings>}
\fancyhead[R]{<your settings>}
\fancyfoot[L]{<your settings>}
\fancyfoot[C]{<your settings>}
\fancyfoot[R]{<your settings>}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}

and use it as \pagestyle{myfancy}. But if you want to change the page style of chapter pages, you should do it by changing the plain style as shown above.

[Tex/LaTex] How to make pages after the first come out correctly with fancyhdr

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:

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\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.

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