How can I get no header but still get "page x of y" in footer?
Regarding the header settings when using fancyhdr
: In order to remove the header rule, you need to set it to 0pt
using
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
Although this is a length, it's used as a command within the header. In order to clear the entire header, use
\fancyhead{}
which clears everything (left, centre and right, on odd and even pages).
If you want the mean \chapter
page (I assume you are using a document class like book
or report
), you can set the page style for that specific chapter manually using
\thispagestyle{fancy}
The reason for this is because \chapter
(and \chapter*
) sets the page style to plain
by default (since the page configuration is different from other pages, with a large open "header"). Here is a minimal example capturing the above:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\usepackage{fancyhdr}% http://ctan.org/pkg/fancyhdr
\usepackage{lastpage}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lastpage
\pagestyle{fancy}% Set default page style to fancy
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}% Remove header rule
\fancyhead{}% Remove all header contents
\cfoot{Page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}% Page X of Y in the footer (centered)
\begin{document}
\chapter{A chapter}
\thispagestyle{fancy}% Revert 'plain' page style (from \chapter) to fancy
\lipsum[1-25]% dummy text
\end{document}
If you want the page style to be fancy
regardless (or globally), and therefore would like to avoid setting to fancy
manually at every \chapter
, you could just overwrite the plain
page style with fancy
(or create a new plain
page style altogether; it depends on your usage/preference):
\makeatletter
\let\ps@plain\ps@fancy% Let 'plain' be exactly the same as 'fancy'
\makeatother
Add the above after setting all the fancy
header styles, or see section 7 Redefining plain
style (p 7) of the fancyhdr
documentation. Note, the lipsum
package is not necessary; it was merely used for creating dummy text, Lorem Ipsum style.