[Tex/LaTex] Remove “chapter” keyword from header

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The current code for my latex document is this:

\documentclass[12pt,notitlepage]{report}

\usepackage{lipsum}  

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[C]{\nouppercase{\textit \leftmark}}

\begin{document}

\pagenumbering{roman}

\thispagestyle{plain}
\tableofcontents
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table of Contents}
\thispagestyle{plain}

\newpage

\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{One}
\lipsum[2-5]


\end{document}

I want to remove the "Chapter 1." keyword from my header "Chapter 1. One" and I want it like this: "1-One". How to do it?

Best Answer

You can redefine \chaptermark as in

\renewcommand\chaptermark[1]{\markboth{\thechapter\,--\,#1}{}}

A complete example:

\documentclass[12pt,notitlepage]{report}
\usepackage{lipsum}     
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[C]{\nouppercase{\textit{\leftmark}}}
\renewcommand\chaptermark[1]{\markboth{\thechapter\,--\,#1}{}}

\begin{document}

\pagenumbering{roman}

\thispagestyle{plain}
\tableofcontents
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table of Contents}
\thispagestyle{plain}

\newpage

\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{One}
\lipsum[2-5]

\end{document}

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Does this produce the result you are looking for?

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,titlepage,oneside,final]{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
  \fancyhf{}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
  \fancyhf[cf]{\thepage}
  \pagestyle{fancy}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\begin{titlepage}
{\bf Titlepage}\thispagestyle{empty}
\end{titlepage}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\stepcounter{page}% comment if the titlepage should not be counted

\newpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
{\bf included pdf}

\newpage
{\bf declaration}

\newpage
{\bf Acknowledgement}

\newpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
{\bf included pdf}

\tableofcontents


\mainmatter
\chapter*{introduction}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{introduction}

\chapter{1st chapter}

\end{document}

This omits the number on the title page and included pdfs but counts them. (Comment the relevant line if you don't want to count the title page.)

title page, first included pdf, first numbered page shows 'iii' next three pages with included pdfs unnumbered but counted introduction starts arabic page numbering with '1'

EDIT: This does leave one problem which is not to do with the page numbering of the pages as such but, rather, with the way they are designated in a PDF viewer. Although the page shows 'iii', for example, the viewer will call this '3'. And although the introduction is labelled '1', the viewer will refer to it as '7'.

To address this, we need to use a package designed for dealing with electronic versions of documents rather than merely printed ones. hyperref will address this problem and bookmark may optionally be loaded for enhanced, but more experimental, handling of bookmarks.

The following code produces the same visual output on the page but persuades the PDF viewer to label the pages correctly. This version also updates the deprecated commands identified by Harish Kumar in the comments.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,titlepage,oneside,final]{book}
\usepackage{hyperref}
%\usepackage{bookmark}%  uncomment for enhanced, but experimental, bookmark handling
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
  \fancyhf{}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
  \fancyhf[cf]{\thepage}
  \pagestyle{fancy}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\begin{titlepage}
{\bfseries Titlepage}\thispagestyle{empty}% note use of \bfseries replacing obsolete \bf command
\end{titlepage}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\stepcounter{page}% comment if the titlepage should not be counted

\clearpage% replaces deprecated \newpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
{\bfseries included pdf}

\clearpage
{\bfseries declaration}

\clearpage
{\bfseries Acknowledgement}

\clearpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
{\bfseries included pdf}

\tableofcontents


\mainmatter
\chapter*{introduction}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{introduction}

\chapter{1st chapter}

\end{document}

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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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