Can a fancy page affect the first page?
By default, the fancy page style only affects the pages after the first page. I know I can set the first page to the fancy page style using hispagestyle, but I only want the first page to use the footer, not the header.
Which is the default page style in fancyhdr?
Default fancyhdr page style: Above the line, Latex will print headings: Book/report. Left-hand side: section. Right-hand side: chapter. Note: if you use the optional documentclass argument “twoside”, Latex will alter the position of the section and chapter.
How to make a fancy first page footer?
Then just use hispagestyle {firststyle} on the first page. It might be the case that the first page is not showing the desired fancy style because you are using \\maketitle in it. \\maketitle automatically resets the pagestyle to plain. Then dynamically re-define \\myCurrentHead and \\myCurrentFoot content on the fly.
How to use fancy style for footers and headers?
Information and discussion about page layout specific issues (e.g. header and footer lines, page formats, page numbers). I use a fancy style for footers and headers to do a two columns article. You can find the tex file on the following link : http://www.howtotex.com/templates/
How to define a pagestyle using fancy pagestyle?
So, as an experiment, I used \\fancypagestyle to define a MyFancy pagestyle that is identical to the fancy pagestyle. From this answer, I thought I was on the right track. However, in the \\frontmatter section below, if you comment out \\pagestyle {fancy} and uncomment \\pagestyle {MyFancy}, the results are different.
Is there a problem with the fancy package?
I have a problem with the fancy package: I use the report documentclass and I have a chapter, a lot of text and then a new page starting with a section (or the next page has no chapter starting on that particular page). The problem be, that what I defined for my header and footer is NOT on the chapter-page but only on the non-chapter page.