How to Make Fancy Page Headers and Footers in Latex

To make your reports/books have fancy pages, follow these simple steps:

1. Before \begin{document}, declare this package to be used:

\usepackage{fancyhdr}

2. All pages do not have fancy style (like Acknowledgment & Table of Contents pages}. So, before those pages, write

\thispagestyle{empty}

3. For pages, where fancy headers & footers are required, declare this intent by writing:

\pagestyle{empty}

4. Clear default settings for header & footer by

\fancyhead{}

\fancyfoot{}

5. Here is a LaTex code sample for fancy header & footer

\lhead {"My Doc Name"}

\chead{"--Draft--"}

\rhead{\thepage}

\lfoot{"My Project"}

\cfoot{"--Ver No.--"}

\rfoot{"\thepage"}

l,c,r indicates left, centre, right of head or foot as the case be

6. You can also use,

\fancyfoot[RO,LE]{\thepage}

\fancyhead[CO,CE]{"--Draft--"}

R-->Right

L-->Left

C-->Center

E-->Even Page No.

O-->Odd Page No.

More to come about fancy pages in next post....