%define header in a nice way using fancy header get info here %http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fancyhdr/fancyhdr.pdf \usepackage{fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancy} \setlength{\headheight}{16pt} %\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{% %\markboth{\thechapter.\ #1}{}} %\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection\ #1}} %\pagestyle{empty} %define style for all \pagestyle(fancy} pages \fancyhead{} \fancyhead[L]{} \fancyhead[R]{\nouppercase{\rightmark}} %\fancyhead[L]{\bfseries \rightmark} \fancyfoot{} % clear all footer fields \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage} %\fancyfoot[LE,RO]{\thepage} %\fancyfoot[LO,CE]{} %\fancyfoot[CO,RE]{} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.1pt} \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.1pt} %chapter sites default to plain page style %so we overwrite plain with the desired style \fancypagestyle{plain}{% \fancyhf{} % clear all header and footer fields \fancyfoot[c]{\thepage} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.1pt}}