[Tex/LaTex] need a front page (cover) before title page (apa6.cls)

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I am new to LateX and want to create my M.Sc. Article with it (psychology, so I am using the apa6.cls). But here's a problem, I didn't find a solution for as of yet:

I need a front/cover page as first page which appears before the usual title page (I am working in man style). Problem is, I would have to insert it right after begin document. But if the \maketitle command creating the title page doesn't come right after the begin document, it doesn't work correctly, as is also noted in the manual of the apa6.cls. That is, the Running Head is displayed without saying "RUNNING HEAD: HERE IS MY RUNNINGHEAD" but only "HERE IS MY RUNNING HEAD", so only the Running head itself, on my title page (hope you know what I mean).

Inserting a front page from another file with \input doesn't work either.

\documentclass[ngerman,man,12pt,a4paper,noextraspace,donotrepeattitle]{apa6}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}

\begin{document}
\input{Deckblatt}
\maketitle

("Deckblatt" is german for front page)

Thanks for your Posts!

Best Answer

The apa6 class defines two page styles: titlepage and otherpage. The phrase "RUNNING HEAD" will appear only on pages with the titlepage style. Assuming you want this phrase to appear only on the apa6 title page and not on your extra title page, we can do this by using \thispagestyle{titlepage} before the \maketitle command:

\documentclass[ngerman,man,12pt,a4paper,noextraspace,donotrepeattitle]{apa6}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\title{A long title}
\author{An author}
\abstract{\kant[1]}
\shorttitle{A short title}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{.3\textheight}
\begin{center}
This is my extra title page
\end{center}
\pagestyle{otherpage}
\clearpage\setcounter{page}{1}
\thispagestyle{titlepage}\maketitle
\kant
\end{document}