[Tex/LaTex] Remove space before appendix chapter

appendicesbook-design

I would like to remove the 50pts of vertical space before the chapter when it is an appendix (leaving the default space for normal chapters). Here is a mwe

% !Mode:: "TeX:UTF-8"
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{book} 

\usepackage{fontspec}                    
\usepackage{polyglossia}             
\usepackage{titlesec}                       
\usepackage{appendix}  

\begin{document}

\chapter{Normal chapter}
\chapter{Normal chapter}

\appendix

\chapter{Appendix chapter}
\chapter{Appendix chapter}

\end{document}

I tried to comment the space in the book class declaration by adding this in the preamble

%remove vspace before chapter
\makeatletter
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  %\vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \huge\bfseries \@chapapp\space \thechapter
        \par\nobreak
        \vskip 20\p@
      \fi
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \Huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }}
\makeatother

but doing so will remove the space for all chapters. Is it possible to add an if-else condition to the code to remove the space only if it is an appendix?

Best Answer

A solution with the apptools and titlesec packages:

% !Mode:: "TeX:UTF-8"
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{book}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{appendix, apptools}
\AtAppendix{%
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\vspace*{-50pt}\bfseries\huge}{\chaptername~\thechapter}{1em}{}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}}%

\begin{document}

\chapter{Normal chapter}
\chapter{Normal chapter}
\appendix
\chapter{Appendix chapter}
\chapter{Appendix chapter}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Remove chapter name or add appendix name to chapter

Hope I haven't misunderstood the question...

If you want to add the word "Appendix" each time a chapter title is printed (inside appendices), you can add the line

\renewcommand*\printchaptername{\Large\bfseries\appendixname~}

just after issuing the \appendix command.

MWE

\documentclass[a4paper,openany,article]{memoir}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\maxsecnumdepth{subsection}
\settocdepth{subsection}
%----------------------------------------------------------
\begin{document}
%-------------------------------
    \frontmatter
        \pagenumbering{Roman}

        \tableofcontents

%-------------------------------
    \mainmatter

             \chapter{Introduction}

             \appendix
             \addappheadtotoc
             \renewcommand*\printchaptername{\Large\bfseries\appendixname~}
             \chapter{Derivations}
             \section{Celerity at arbitrary depth}\label{sec:celerity_ar_dep}
             %\includepdf[pages=59,scale=1,trim = 0mm 0mm 0mm 10cm,clip]{Litteratur/Hydrodynamics2012.pdf}

%-------------------------------
    \backmatter

\end{document}

Output:

enter image description here

If you also want the same behavior in the ToC, you can add the line

\renewcommand*\cftappendixname{\appendixname~}

in the preamble.

Instead, if you want to use

\documentclass[a4paper,openany]{memoir}

you can remove the words "Chapter" and "Appendix" from chapter titles by simply adding the following line in your preamble:

\renewcommand*\printchaptername{}

If you want to remove "Chapter" but not "Appendix" add also

\renewcommand*\printchaptername{\chapnamefont\appendixname}

just after issuing \appendix.

[Tex/LaTex] Appendix: Remove letter from chapter

The simplest way would be to use

\addchap{Algorithm}

instead of

\chapter{Algorithm}

In this way, you have an unnumbered chapter with a ToC entry. However, it does not exactly what you want.

If you want to obtain this, add the following lines in your preamble:

\usepackage{etoolbox}

\makeatletter
\appto\appendix{%
  \renewcommand*{\chapterformat}{%
    {\chapapp\autodot\enskip}%
  }
  \renewcommand*{\chaptermarkformat}{%
    {\chapapp\autodot\enskip}%
  }
  \patchcmd{\@chapter}%
    {\addchaptertocentry{\thechapter}{\scr@ds@tocentry}}%
    {\addchaptertocentry{}{\scr@ds@tocentry}}%
    {}
    {}
}
\makeatother

MWE (I've added the option numbers=noenddot since it seems that you want to use it):

\documentclass[chapterprefix=true,numbers=noenddot]{scrbook}

\usepackage{etoolbox}

\makeatletter
\appto\appendix{%
  \renewcommand*{\chapterformat}{%
    {\chapapp\autodot\enskip}%
  }
  \renewcommand*{\chaptermarkformat}{%
    {\chapapp\autodot\enskip}%
  }
  \patchcmd{\@chapter}%
    {\addchaptertocentry{\thechapter}{\scr@ds@tocentry}}%
    {\addchaptertocentry{}{\scr@ds@tocentry}}%
    {}
    {}
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Test}
\appendix
\chapter{Algorithm}

\end{document}

Output (ToC):

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Output (Appendix):

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EDIT

If you are using hyperref this is the stuff to be added in the preamble:

\usepackage{etoolbox}

\makeatletter
\appto\appendix{%
  \renewcommand*{\chapterformat}{%
    {\chapapp\autodot\enskip}%
  }
  \renewcommand*{\chaptermarkformat}{%
    {\chapapp\autodot\enskip}%
  }
  \patchcmd{\Hy@org@chapter}%
    {\addchaptertocentry{\thechapter}{\scr@ds@tocentry}}%
    {\addchaptertocentry{}{\scr@ds@tocentry}}%
    {}
    {}
}
\makeatother

MWE

\documentclass[chapterprefix=true,numbers=noenddot]{scrbook}

\usepackage{hyperref}

\usepackage{etoolbox}

\makeatletter
\appto\appendix{%
  \renewcommand*{\chapterformat}{%
    {\chapapp\autodot\enskip}%
  }
  \renewcommand*{\chaptermarkformat}{%
    {\chapapp\autodot\enskip}%
  }
  \patchcmd{\Hy@org@chapter}%
    {\addchaptertocentry{\thechapter}{\scr@ds@tocentry}}%
    {\addchaptertocentry{}{\scr@ds@tocentry}}%
    {}
    {}
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Test}
\appendix
\chapter{Algorithm}

\end{document}

Output (ToC):

enter image description here

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