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Introduction/Conclusion of a text with LaTeX

hassen62 -  
 Marcel Zola -
Hi friends,
I’m preparing a thesis consisting of the introduction, Chapter 1 Literature Review, Chapter 2 Case Study, and the conclusion. While compiling I get: Chap1 Introduction, Chap2 Literature Review, Chap3 Case Study and Chap4 Conclusion. My problem is I don’t want the introduction and the conclusion numbered or “chaptered”, i.e. I would like to have the compilation: Introduction, Chap1 Literature Review, Chap2 Case Study, Conclusion.
I’m using the free LaTeX editor on Windows: Texmaker.
How to do it? Thanks in advance.
Configuration: Windows XP Opera 9.62

2 answers

  1.
    mype Posted messages 2459 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   437
     
    Add the symbol * 
    \chapter*{Introduction}
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    1. Cyril
       
      The problem with this solution is that it removes the index in the table of contents. How can I ensure that the introduction and the conclusion always appear there?
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    2. Cyril
       
      Okay I found it: you need to add the following line so that it’s automatically added to the index 

       \chapter*{Intro} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Introduction}
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    3. Marcel Zola
       
      Another solution in "book" mode:
      Structure it as follows:

      \frontmatter

      \chapter{Preface}
      \chapter{Introduction}
      ...
      \mainmatter
      \chapter{Chapter 1}
      \chapter{Chapter 2}
      ...
      \backmatter
      \chapter{Conclusion}
      \chapter{Appendices}
      ...
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