Re: \thispagestyle{empty} not working for me

Hello Rich,

Rich Shepard spoke:
> My publisher's preferred format is to have the preface before the Table of
> Contents, but the ToC should be paginated starting with 'i' (1 in Roman
> numerals). Immediately before the ToC I have an ERT box with
> \pagenumbering{roman}
> \setcounter{page}{1}
> but, the second page of the Preface is marked "II", the third page is
> marked "i" and the second page of the ToC is marked "iv". How do I control
> this? That is, how can I turn off all page numbering prior to the ToC and
> then have that begin with "i" rather than "iii"?

If your class supports \frontmatter et al., it would be easier to do
<Preface>
 \frontmatter
<TOC>
\mainmatter
<Main Text>


>   I've looked on the Tips & Tricks page for paragraph numbering and it
> seems that \thispagestyle{empty} should work when placed after the title,
> "Preface". But, it's not working for me.
>
>   What have I missed?

Strange. Perhaps your class does some redefinition. Actually, it should work. 
What pagestyle are you using generally?

Regards,
Jürgen.