[Tex/LaTex] Start new chapter on same page

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I am using report document class. When I create a new chapter, it starts it on a new blank page in which only the chapter name appears.

I want to be able to start new chapters on the same page as the old chapter ends. Is there any way to do it?

Best Answer

The \chapter command internally uses \cleardoublepage and \clearpage to add page breaks. Use the etoolbox package to selectively change the definition of \chapter.

\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\chapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\chapter{foo}

Some text.

\chapter{bar}

Some text.

\end{document}

Note: This etoolbox hack also works for the report class.

For KOMA-Script scrbook from version 3.19a (and most likely for other KOMA-Script classes, too), you need to patch \scr@startchapter instead of chapter:

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\scr@startchapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{}
\makeatother
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