Re: page numbering in roman numerals

[Herbert Voss]

Varun Reddy wrote:
i use the "report" Document class.
attached an example file for report.
\frontmatter starts the roman counting and
\mainmatter the default counting.
put the preamble into your doc.
Herbert
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\lyxformat 221
\textclass report
\begin_preamble
\makeatletter
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\newcommand\frontmatter{%
    \clearpage
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  \pagenumbering{roman}}
\newcommand\mainmatter{%
    \cleardoublepage
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  \pagenumbering{arabic}}
\newcommand\backmatter{%
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    \cleardoublepage
  \else
    \clearpage
  \fi
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\makeatother
\end_preamble
\language ngerman
\inputencoding latin1
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize 10
\spacing single 
\papersize Default
\paperpackage a4
\use_geometry 0
\use_amsmath 0
\use_natbib 0
\use_numerical_citations 0
\paperorientation portrait
\paperwidth 17cm
\paperheight 22cm
\leftmargin 1.2cm
\topmargin 1.4cm
\rightmargin 1.7cm
\bottommargin 1.4cm
\headsep 1cm
\secnumdepth 4
\tocdepth 4
\paragraph_separation indent
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language german
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 2
\paperpagestyle default
\layout Title

blah blah
\layout Author

Herbert Vo�
\layout Abstract

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\layout Standard


\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed

\layout Standard

\backslash 
frontmatter
\end_inset 


\begin_inset LatexCommand \tableofcontents{}

\end_inset 


\layout Standard


\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed

\layout Standard

\backslash 
mainmatter
\end_inset 


\layout Chapter

blah
\layout Standard

blah
\layout Section

blub
\layout Standard

blub
\the_end