Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Eliminate the page number on the Latex title page

"LATEX will automatically number pages, but often you don't want a page number on the title page. To eliminate the page number on the first page, put \thispagestyle{empty} before the \maketitle. "

This paragraph is copied from http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/www/latex/guide/node9.html. However, if you follow this guide, the page number will still stand there, never leave with the wind. The correct way is that put \thispagestyle{empty} after the \maketitle. When using \ chapter, the same rule should be obeyed.

By the way, don't use \thank with \maketitle, there is a bug that Latex will produce an additional (mostly blank) page in the output.

1. Ah, Finally! This error was bugging me so much. Thank you!

2. This was a lifesaver (or hair-saver) :-)

3. Thank you!!!

4. 3lectrologos4/16/2010 5:03 AM

Thanks, really helped!

5. Didn't work for me :(

6. Thanks :-)

7. does not work ,not sure why

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\begin{document}
\maketitle \thispagestyle{empty}
%\pagenumbering{roman}
\frontmatter
\input{abstract.tex}
\input{acknowledgements.tex}
.
.
.

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8. No commands to provide the information for the title page. Read the error message carefully.

9. I had to put it in front of \"frontmatter":

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\thispagestyle{empty}
\frontmatter
---

Thanks :)

10. This is just amazing! All the info online gave commands but not a precise way of actually deleting the annoying number. Appreciated!