Page Layout ⇒ Remove empty Page after ToC

[Gregory]

Hello,

I have the following problem: after the table of contents, there appears an extra empty page which is numbered and has the header "Content". I want to get rid of this page but I cannot find any solution for it. Does someone have any idea?

I use the following:

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\documentclass[11pt, onside, a4paper, openany]{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection~#1}}
\newcommand{\headerfmt}[1]{\textsl{\textsf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\headerfmtpage}[1]{\textsf{#1}}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\fancyhead[L]{\headerfmt{\rightmark}} 
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}

\begin{document}
\frontmater
...
\tableofcontents
\mainmatter
...
\backmatter
...
\end{document}

[meho_r]

fancyhdr package manual, section 15.

[Gregory]

I tried it but this doesn't work (thanks anyhow).
The solution described in this manual is for the case when the option "openany" is NOT given, using documentclass book. In my code it IS given. Hence I do not have any white pages after each chapter. I only have one white page after the table of contents. But it is in fact not really empty, because it contains the header "CONTENTS" and a page number. And it is this useless page that I want to remove.
Other suggestions?

Gregory

[meho_r]

I cannot reproduce the problem, the code you provided works fine. I added some chapters, but no empty page after TOC.

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\documentclass[11pt, onside, a4paper, openany]{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection~#1}}
\newcommand{\headerfmt}[1]{\textsl{\textsf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\headerfmtpage}[1]{\textsf{#1}}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[R]{\headerfmtpage{\thepage}}
\fancyhead[L]{\headerfmt{\rightmark}} 
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter

\chapter{Front}

\tableofcontents

\mainmatter

\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
\chapter{Main}
%\chapter{Main}
%\chapter{Main}

\backmatter

\chapter{Back}

\end{document}

[woj-k]

The empty page isn't put there by the ToC, but by \mainmatter. If you look inside the file "book.cls", you will find a definition that goes

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\newcommand\mainmatter{%
    \cleardoublepage
  \@mainmattertrue
  \pagenumbering{arabic}}

All you need is redefine \mainmatter with \clearpage instead of \cleardoublepage (in the preamble, say). That way \mainmatter will simply start a new page, without bothering if it's recto or verso (odd- or even-numbered). Put the following in your .tex file:

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\renewcommand\mainmatter{%
    \clearpage
  \@mainmattertrue
  \pagenumbering{arabic}}

[Gregory]

Thank you very much. This solution indeed removes the extra white page.
But I want to make a note on it. If you insert the code like this in your .tex file you will get the following error:

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You can't use `\spacefactor' in vertical mode \mainmatter

To fix this you must make a .sty file (let's say "something.sty") and copy the following code into it:

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\renewcommand\mainmatter{%
    \clearpage
  \@mainmattertrue
  \pagenumbering{arabic}}

Save "something.sty" into the same directory as your .tex file and load up the file in your .tex file:

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\usepackage{something.sty}

Normally this will do it!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Gregory,

\makeatletter should work directly:

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\makeatletter
\renewcommand\mainmatter{%
    \clearpage
  \@mainmattertrue
  \pagenumbering{arabic}}
\makeatother

Stefan

[Vilietha]

Hello,

I have exactly the same problem, but I don't use the book class. I use the report class instead, and the above solution does not work for me because then I get the error "\mainmatter undefined".

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% Preamble
% *************************************************
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,final]{report}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{bbding}
\usepackage[acronym,nonumberlist]{glossaries}
\usepackage[intoc]{nomencl}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[top=2.5cm, bottom=2.5cm, left=3cm, right=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{setspace} 
%\usepackage{natlib}
%\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{epigraph}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{calligra}

\makeglossaries
\makenomenclature
\graphicspath{{../Images/}}
\include{-1.0-preamble}

% Body 
% ************************************************
\begin{document}

\input{0.1-title}
\tableofcontents
\include{0.6-abbrev} 
\input{0.8-preface}

\end{document}

I look foward to your answers,
Vilietha

[Vilietha]

Hello again,

I solved the problem.
It is somewhat trivial.
I accidently used "\include" instead of "\input" for the abbreviations...

Best wishes,
Vilietha