[Tex/LaTex] Roman page numbering for abstracts in report class problem

abstractfront-matterpage-numberingreport

I am writing a document with class report. I want that the first pages i.e. Declaration, Abstract, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, List of Figures and List of Tables have page numbering roman, and the main content has arabic page numbers.

I am using this command to override the \frontmatter and \mainmatter commands provided for the book class.

\newcommand\frontmatter{%
    \cleardoublepage
  \@mainmatterfalse
  \pagenumbering{roman}}
\newcommand\mainmatter{%
    \cleardoublepage
  \@mainmattertrue
  \pagenumbering{arabic}}
\makeatother

This works for table of contents, list of figures and list of tables. however since abstract, acknowledgments and declaration are all defined with the following:

\renewcommand{\abstractname}{Name of this section}
\begin{abstract}

\end{abstract}

no page numbers are being displayed on these pages. I tried using \thispagestyle{plain} in these sections, but this caused each page to be numbered as i. and the counting from i. onwards start from toc.

How can I start roman page numbering from the declaration onwards instead?

Best Answer

You can redifine the abstract:

\documentclass{report}

\newenvironment{multipleabstract}[1]
  {\renewcommand{\abstractname}{#1}\begin{abstract}\thispagestyle{plain}}
  {\end{abstract}}

\makeatletter
\renewenvironment{abstract}{%
  \if@twocolumn
    \section*{\abstractname}%
  \else
    \small
    \begin{center}%
      {\bfseries \abstractname\vspace{-.5em}\vspace{\z@}}%
    \end{center}%
    \quotation
  \fi}
  {\if@twocolumn\else\endquotation\fi}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{multipleabstract}{Abstract1}
  ...
\end{multipleabstract}

\newpage

\begin{multipleabstract}{Abstract2}
  ...
\end{multipleabstract}

\end{document}

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If you're using memoir, you can use any page contents with an empty pagestyle for your unnumbered title page, and then use the \frontmatter command to set lowercase Roman numerals as the default page numbers.

In my university's case, since I'm using hyperref and other packages, I've found it's best to let the unnumbered first page be numbered with alph format, the rest of the front matter pages use Roman numbering, and the main matter pages use Arabic numbering. This avoids the dreaded "pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier (name{page.1}) has been already used, duplicate ignored" messages.

Our unnumbered first page includes:

\pagenumbering{alph}
\setcounter{page}{1}
\thispagestyle{empty}

and \frontmatter at the end of the page.

In the main thesis file, we put \mainmatter right before we include the chapter files. Details as of 2011/08/15 at this site (particularly ttuthesis.sty and thesis-manual.tex -- thesis.tex will be updated later).

In response to comments, here's a simple example similar to what I use normally. Since I try to isolate my users from the guts of the style file, I separate out the page layout (my problem, and the graduate school's) with the page contents (their problem).

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\documentclass[oneside]{memoir}

\title{My Thesis Title}
\author{Me, The Author}

% Define the (unnumbered) title page layout here
\newcommand{\mytitlepage}{
\pagenumbering{alph}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\beforepartskip
\begin{center}
\thetitle

\theauthor
\end{center}
\afterpartskip
\newpage
}

% Define the abstract page layout (numbered ii) here
\newcommand{\abstractpage}{
\frontmatter
\setcounter{page}{2}
\pagestyle{plain}
\begin{center}
Abstract: \thetitle
\end{center}

\theabstract
\newpage
}

% Define the abstract page contents here
\newcommand{\theabstract}{
Abstract content goes here.
}

\begin{document}
\mytitlepage
\abstractpage
\tableofcontents*
\mainmatter
\chapter{One}
This is chapter 1.
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Arabic page numbers appearing when I want Roman

Some considerations for your code:

You don't need to repeatedly set secnumdepth. Once is sufficient, as it will hold from there onward;
\pagenumbering resets the page counter to 1, so you don't have to do it explicitly;
Most (if not all) document classes offer \listoffigures and \listoftables just like \tableofcontents, so use them. By default, the List of Figures and Tables will not show up in the ToC.
Issue \cleardoublepage (or just \clearpage if not using twoside mode) before you start with \chapter{Introduction} just like you did before \tableofcontents (using \newpage). This will flush all content up to that point and start a new page and the appropriate page numbering will follow.

Without more detail, the document structure should resemble:

% Contents %
\cleardoublepage% \clearpage
\pagenumbering{roman}
\tableofcontents

% List of Figures %
\listoffigures

% List of Tables %
\listoftables

% Introduction %
\cleardoublepage% \clearpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{Introduction}

Depending on whether you use hyperref or not, you may have to add some modifications to the above.

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