Using fancyhdr and the book class, one can set different headers/footers for odd/even pages as
\fancyhdr[RO]{foo}
\fancyhdr[LE]{bar}
and so on. How can I achieve the same with an article class, where things are not two sided?
[Tex/LaTex] Odd/Even fancy headers with article class
articledouble-sidedfancyhdrheader-footer
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This request only seems viable in the context of headers. As such, here's a fancyhdr implementation using a standard document class (article):
\documentclass[twoside]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\usepackage{fancyhdr}% http://ctan.org/pkg/fancyhdr
\fancypagestyle{mypagestyle}{%
\fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
\fancyhead[OC]{An Author}% Author on Odd page, Centred
\fancyhead[EC]{A title}% Title on Even page, Centred
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}%
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{.4pt}% Header rule of .4pt
}
\pagestyle{mypagestyle}
\title{A title}
\author{An Author}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{A section}\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}
twoside is required to allow Odd and Even side varying page styles, but you most likely already use this class option.
Since the \maketitle macro is "self-destructing" and thereby erases \@author and \@title, you need to either make a copy of it into a different macro, or write the author and title in the respective headers manually.
Another alternative is to use oneside, but toggle headers based on the page number, like this:
\documentclass[oneside]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[L]{\ifthenelse{\isodd{\value{page}}}{\leftmark}{\rightmark}}
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyfoot{}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Chapter One}
\section{Section One of Chapter One}
\lipsum
\lipsum
\section{Section Two of Chapter One}
\lipsum
\lipsum
\end{document}
Best Answer
The
articleclass defaults to a simpleonesidedocument. You can load it with thetwosideoption