Is there a way to place the same footer line on every page? Right now, I have a chapter called introduction and in my introduction.tex file I have specified a footer line that needs to be added. But the problem is, when the pdf file is being generated, the footer line I specified is only on the last page of the chapter. But I want it on every page in the chapter. Could someone please tell me how I can accomplish this?
[Tex/LaTex] Same footer line on every page
header-footer
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The first page of every chapter gets the plain page style internally; you can change this behaviour by redefining the plain style:
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{} % clear all header and footer fields
\fancyhead[R]{\leftmark}
\fancyfoot[R]{\footnotesize Página N$^\circ$ \thepage\ }
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
% redefinition of the plain style:
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
\fancyhf{} % clear all header and footer fields
\fancyfoot[R]{\footnotesize Página N$^\circ$ \thepage\ }
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}}
Here's a version of what you want to do using the fancyhdr and titling packages. I've created a new command \subtitle (with associated formatting hooks) for the subtitle, which is not standardly provided by most document classes.
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum} % for dummy text only
\makeatletter
% These commands follow the titling package format for titles
% They define user commands to format the subtitle
\newcommand\presubtitle[1]{\gdef\@presubtitle{#1}}
\newcommand\postsubtitle[1]{\gdef\@postsubtitle{#1}}
% This command takes the subtitle as its argument, and uses the titling command
% \maketitlehookb plus the previously defined formatting commands to insert
% the subtitle into the titlepage. It also generates \thesubtitle for subsequent use
\newcommand\subtitle[1]{%
\renewcommand{\maketitlehookb}{\@presubtitle#1\@postsubtitle}
\newcommand\thesubtitle{#1}}
\makeatother
% Now we define the formatting for the subtitle
\presubtitle{\begin{center}\Large} % change this as needed
\postsubtitle{\end{center}}
% Now enter the regular title information, with the new \subtitle command
\title{My Thesis Title}
\author{A.M. Author}
\subtitle{My subtitle}
\date{\today}
% These commands set up the headers. They are set up for even and odd pages the same
% Check the fancyhdr documentation for information on how to set them differently
% for odd and even pages
\lhead{\begin{tabular}{@{}l}\thetitle\ -- \thesubtitle\\\theauthor\end{tabular}}
\chead{}
\rhead{\begin{tabular}{r@{}}\leftmark\\\thedate\end{tabular}}
\lfoot{}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\rfoot{}
% Set the width of the header rule. Make 0pt to remove the rule.
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
% Make the head height match the size of the header
\setlength{\headheight}{24pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}
% Remove "Chapter" from the marks
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{%
\markboth{\thechapter.\ #1}{}}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\chapter{Introduction}
\lipsum\lipsum
\end{document}
Best Answer
To get a footer line on every page of the document, one could use the fancyhdr package, maybe along the lines of the following minimum working example (MWE):
It's the "Message of the day" string that you'll want to change, for sure.
If the text in the footer line needs to be displayed in bold face and/or italics, you could do so by inserting the commands
\bfseriesand/or\itshapeprior to the "Message of the day" string.Addendum Two more points:
\fancyfoot[RE,LO]{Message of the day}from the preamble and, instead, issue the command\fancyfoot[RE,LO]{Message for Chapter xx}immediately after the respective\chaptercommand.bookdocument class, the first page of a chapter uses the pagestyle "plain" (page number centered in footer line, no other header and/or footer information) even if the other pages follow a different pagestyle (such as "fancy"). If you want to display your chapter-specific footer lines on the first page of a chapter as well, you should issue the command\thispagestyle{fancy}after the respective\chaptercommand.