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fancy page headers

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• document layout:

  % ...
  \usepackage{fancyhdr}
  % ...
  \begin{document}
  % ...
  \end{document}
  

• index page:
  to find out how to force your index to use fancy headers see indexing
• example for an article:

  % ...
  \usepackage{fancyhdr}
  \pagestyle{fancy}
  \renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection\ #1}}
  \fancyhf{}
  \fancyhead[LE,RO]{\bfseries\thepage}
  \fancyhead[LO]{\bfseries\rightmark}
  \fancyhead[RE]{\bfseries\leftmark}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
  \addtolength{\headheight}{0.5pt}
  \addtolength{\footskip}{0.5pt}
  \cfoot{<author>}
  % ...
  \begin{document}
  % ...
  \end{document}
  

NOTE: fancyhdr will use margin lengths (as in small page margins), therefore margins should be set before fancyhdr.