\newenvironment{abstract}{%
\titlepage
\begin{center}%
\large
\bfseries \abstractname
\@endparpenalty\@M
\end{center}}%
in the preamble, and use the "book" (probably modified a bit) format.
You should only need to use two page number definitions, one for your front matter, and one at the start of Chapter 1.
Hope this helps.
P. Medwell
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Tan Choong Leong wrote:
I am writing my thesis using the "report" class and I am facing the common problem of page numbering of the "front matter". My front matter includes the title page, abstract and acknowledgements. Report class does not define frontmatter and mainmatter, so I have to use a lot of /setcounter{page}{x} to set the page numbers correctly. Moreover, I have to use /thispagestyle{plain} to force numbering in the abstract and acknowledgement. There is also two /addcontentsline. Currently, there are still some errors due to these inclusions and I am still figuring out. It seems that the specific placement of all these ERTs are vital.My questions are: 1) Is there switches which will make this less painful? 2) Is there a better document class or modified report class that is better suited for my need? I tried the book class, but there is no abstract and acknowledgements this class. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tan Choong Leong (Mr) Nanyang Technological University School of Computer Engineering Blk N4, 2A-32, Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798 Tel: (065) 67904623 Fax: (065) 67926559 HP : (065) 90088330
