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Questions tagged [front-matter]

The front matter of a document (in particular, a book) contains everything before the main body of text: the title page, tables of contents, dedications, prefaces, etc. For questions about specific parts of the front matter, use the respective tag (e.g. {titles} or {table-of-contents}).

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Unknown errors ocuur in front page

I am actually using the template from my University, which you can find it attached at the end. However, I constantly get the errors from the logs. It occure ant the last one \end{minipage} line. ...
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Should I place frontmatter before or after maketitle?

When using the book document class, should I write \maketitle \frontmatter % preface, toc, etc. or \frontmatter \maketitle % preface, toc, etc. I see no difference in the output, but maybe I am ...
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Captioned figure in frontmatter causes error when using floatrow package with "facing"

I am writing a two-sided document with margins (based on the kaobook-class) and would like to add a figure to the front matter. However, when adding a captioned figure, the compiler throws an "...
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You can't use \spacefactor in vertical mode [duplicate]

The following code returns the error message in the title \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \usepackage{setspace} \begin{document} \begin{titlepage}% \noindent \...
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How to change word size and baseline documentclass in latex without affecting table

I'm almost finished with my paper, but I realized that I need to have 1.5 line spacing and 12pt font size. When I switch from \documentclass[table]{article} to \documentclass[table, 12pt]{article} and ...
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Please help to rectify the cover pages for thesis related documents

I need to attach the supporting documents related to the thesis, each category under a separate title cover page. I have tried to make a basic format, however, it is not looking good. My code is dirty,...
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I need to make a break page inside the abstract, because the result it show it like the image (latex - elsarticle)

I don´t know why elsarticle doesn't make page breaks in frontmatter automatically when it is necessary. Also, thanks to the this, firspage's header and footer don´t appear. Description: I tried used /...
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Numeric style biblatex with citation [1] in mainmatter despite citations in frontmatter?

Using biblatex with a numeric style and a book class with frontmatter/mainmatter, would it be possible to have all citations in the frontmatter appear last in the list of references, as if the ...
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Clash between packages: lastpage, babel and microtype

The following code causes an error when I try to compile it. \documentclass{book} \RequirePackage{lastpage} \RequirePackage[polutonikogreek]{babel} \RequirePackage[babel=true]{microtype} \begin{...
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Implementing memoir class in LyX

I'm starting to learn the memoir class to use it with a book I'm writing in LyX.I've read most of the memman docuement. When I create a new LyX document I can enter the title, but not a subtitle, half-...
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How to remove the page numbers in the front matter only

I'm a LaTeX beginner, so be patient with me. I want to add a blank page after the title page, without showing a page number. I want to suppress page numbers in the front matter only. I added \...
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How may a titlepage be colored?

Suppose I have a titlepage like \documentclass[12pt]{book} \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage[left=2.50cm, right=2.54cm, top=2.54cm, bottom=2.54cm]{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \...
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Frontmatter pagination problem

In the following MWE, \documentclass[12pt]{book} \usepackage{afterpage} \usepackage{epigraph} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \setlength{\headheight}{27.15pt} \pagestyle{fancy} \newcommand\blankpage{% \...
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Listing unique author contributions

I am preparing a manuscript using this template (https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/campaigns/latex-author-support/see-where-our-services-will-take-you/18782940). The template demonstrates how ...
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fancyhdr, frontmatter and toc

I have finished my work and just optical adjustment: I want to remove any header/footer from Table of Contents, but not from the start of every chapter. I have found that \frontmatter and \mainmatter ...
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