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Consider section 2 in this website: https://latex-tutorial.com/page-numbering-latex/

I would like it just like that but with using report document class, how can I do this?

currently my numbering system starts with the abstract as page 1 and my first "actual" chapter is on page 10. I'd like my first actual chapter in Arabic numbering system as page 1 and the rest in Roman numbering system.

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Using the book class:

\clearpage \frontmatter \chapter*{Abstract} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract} \clearpage \chapter*{Acknowledgments} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgments} \clearpage \tableofcontents \newpage \listoffigures \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures} \newpage \listoftables \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}

This inst a MWE rather showing what is happening. The list of figures should start from vii and end at ix and the list of tables starts at x. However, when I run the code, the list of figures is shown on the contents line as ix, why?

EDIT 2:

I need a solution using report document class. I've seen previous articles in this format so I think it is doable.

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  • Why not using the book class, then? Commented Jul 11, 2022 at 15:33
  • @egreg This would ruin my document I believe but I can try it. Commented Jul 11, 2022 at 15:34

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If you don't want blank pages, you can tell the book class that your document is oneside. You can also simplify the input.

\documentclass[oneside]{book} \usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind} \begin{document} \frontmatter \chapter{Abstract} \chapter{Acknowledgments} \tableofcontents \listoffigures \listoftables \mainmatter \chapter{Introduction} \end{document}

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Here's a typical page for this choice of the class.

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If you pass report some options, just add oneside to them. So a call like

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}

would become

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,oneside]{book}

The corresponding code for report would be as follows.

\documentclass{report} % add the options you like \usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind} \begin{document} \pagenumbering{roman} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-2} \chapter{Abstract} \chapter{Acknowledgments} \tableofcontents \listoffigures \listoftables \clearpage \pagenumbering{arabic} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{2} \chapter{Introduction} \end{document}

The output is very similar. Indeed, the differences between report and book are very minor. The former chooses oneside by default, whereas this has to be explicitly stated for the latter. With book you have \frontmatter and \mainmatter that do the right thing.

If you feel that the book class has too prominent titles, you can consider amsbook instead.

\documentclass[oneside]{amsbook} \begin{document} \frontmatter \chapter*{Abstract} \chapter*{Acknowledgments} \tableofcontents \listoffigures \listoftables \mainmatter \chapter{Introduction} \end{document}

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  • I added the part about options. Please, remove all comments of yours that are now obsolete. Commented Jul 11, 2022 at 16:37

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