Re: \thispagestyle{empty} not working for me

>>To: lyx-users-UqbJ+GOpo4+hPH1hqNUYSQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>From: Juergen Spitzmueller <j.spitzmueller-Mmb7MZpHnFY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: Re: \thispagestyle{empty} not working for me
>>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:23:31 +0200
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>>Rich Shepard wrote:
>>
>>> I have \thispagestyle{empty} immediately after the word, Preface,
>>> but the numbering is still there.
>>
>>Do you have it in the heading's line? Try to set it in the next line
>>(standard paragraph). I'm not sure this changes anything, though.
>>
>>>> Strange. Perhaps your class does some redefinition. Actually, it should
>>>> work.  What pagestyle are you using generally?
>>> 
>>> The document style is Springer-Verlag's 'svmono' built on top of 'book'.
>>> Page style is 'default'.
>>
>>If the above doesn't work: Can you type \pagestyle{empty} at the very
>>beginning of the document, and then \pagestyle{fancy} (or whatever you are
>>using) after the TOC?

Just a guess: if the pagestyle of the document is fancyplain
(as I would recommend for a report or a book), you might try
\thispagestyle{plain}
rather than \thispagestyle{empty}

Of course, you have to decide what plain means for your document...

-- 
Jean-Pierre