Nic's Stuff

Fancy Page Headers

• Document layout:

  % ...
  \usepackage{fancyhdr}
  % ...
  \begin{document}
  % ...
  \end{document}
  

• Index page:
  To find out how to force your index to use fancy headers see Indexing
• Example for an article:

  % ...
  \usepackage{fancyhdr}
  \pagestyle{fancy}
  \renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection\ #1}}
  \fancyhf{}
  \fancyhead[LE,RO]{\bfseries\thepage}
  \fancyhead[LO]{\bfseries\rightmark}
  \fancyhead[RE]{\bfseries\leftmark}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
  \addtolength{\headheight}{0.5pt}
  \addtolength{\footskip}{0.5pt}
  \cfoot{<author>}
  % ...
  \begin{document}
  % ...
  \end{document}
  

NOTE: Fancyhdr will use Margin lengths (as in Small Page Margins), therefore margins should be set before fancyhdr.