Header and footer in quarto qmd to pdf

Question

Anyone a suggestion how to set the header and footer of a #quarto .qmd #rstats pdf? I tried this, but no footer shows:

---
title: "Untitled"
format: 
  pdf:
    include-in-header: 
      text: 
        \usepackage{fancyhdr}
---
\fancyfoot[L]{Footer text}
# Chapter ONE
text
\newpage
# Chapter TWO

Can I use fancyhdr? If yes, how? If not, what then? Thanks!

shafee · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-17T10:06:35.620

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Yes, It is possible to use fancyhdr (see the answer by @Julian).

But also keep in mind that, Quarto uses KOMA-Script classes (scrartcl by default) and KOMA-Script suggests using scrlayer-scrpage latex package for handling header and footers instead of fancyhdr. See the manual chapter 05, p. 253.

---
title: "Untitled"
format: 
  pdf:
    include-in-header: 
      text: |
        \usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage}
        \rohead{Header text}
        \lofoot{Footer text}
---

# Chapter ONE

text

\newpage

# Chapter TWO

You may also want to go through this question and the corresponding answer on Tex StackExchange.

edited Jan 17 '23 at 10:06

answered Jan 16 '23 at 10:45

shafee

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Prefect solution for the problem! – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jan 16 '23 at 11:30
Thanks for updating your answer Shafee, with reasons why scrlayer-scrpage should be preferred to fancyhdr and links. I will change the accepted answer to yours, like Julian suggested. – MartineJ Jan 16 '23 at 12:06

Julian · Answer 2 · 2023-01-16T10:59:48.780

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You are not that far away from the solution. If you want to use fancyhdr, this could work (note that you need to add text: | in order to have multiple lines of latex code):

---
format: 
  pdf:
    include-in-header: 
      text: |
        \usepackage{fancyhdr}
        \pagestyle{fancy}
        \fancyhead[C]{Header text}
        \fancyfoot[L]{Footer text}
---

# Chapter ONE

text
\newpage

# Chapter TWO

edited Jan 16 '23 at 10:59

answered Jan 16 '23 at 10:53

Julian

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Header and footer in quarto qmd to pdf

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