[texhax] Suppressing page numbering on a page

[Morten Høgholm]

On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:16:06 +1000, Ian Watson <i.watson at econ.usyd.edu.au>  
wrote:

> Dear Tex List,
>
>   I have tried the \thispagestyle{empty} in a Latex document (article
>   class) in order to prevent the page number overtyping a largish
>   table on that page.
>
>   Unfortunately, it has not worked. Is this because I am using a table
>   environment (with tabularx inside)? Are there other ways to suppress
>   page numbering just for a particular page?
>
>   Any advice would be most appreciated.

The fancyhdr package provides tools for solving this problem and the  
documentation comes with many examples. Below is a short demonstration:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand\headrulewidth{0pt}
\cfoot{\iffloatpage{}{\thepage}}
\begin{document}
Here's a little text before we get to the table. The table is
forced on a page of its own with the \texttt{p} specifier.

\begin{table}[p]
   \centering
   \rule{5cm}{10cm}
   \caption{Rules rule!}
\end{table}
\end{document}

-- 
Morten Høgholm