It is pretty simple to define dictionary-style headers in LaTeX. Look at the example below:
\documentclass[twoside]{report} \usepackage{multicol} %%% \leftmark/\rightmark inserts appropriate \mark{...} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancyplain} \fancyhead{} \fancyhead[LE]{\normalfont \small\itshape \rightmark } \fancyhead[RE]{\normalfont \small\itshape \leftmark } \fancyhead[RO]{\normalfont \small\itshape \leftmark } \fancyhead[LO]{\normalfont \small\itshape \rightmark } \fancyfoot[CO,CE]{\thepage} \title{Vocabulary layout -- example} \newcommand{\Entry}[2]{\par \leavevmode \ignorespaces\markboth{#1}{#1} #1 #2} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{multicols}{2} \Entry{AA BB CC DD00001}{aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh ii jj mm nn oo pp qq rr ss tt uu vx 00001 zz.} \Entry{AA BB CC DD00002}{aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh ii jj mm nn oo pp qq rr ss tt uu vx 00002 zz.} \Entry{AA BB CC DD00003}{aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh ii jj mm nn oo pp qq rr ss tt uu vx 00003 zz.} ... ... ... \Entry{AA BB CC DD00299}{aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh ii jj mm nn oo pp qq rr ss tt uu vx 00299 zz.} \Entry{AA BB CC DD00300}{aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh ii jj mm nn oo pp qq rr ss tt uu vx 00300 zz.} \end{multicols} \end{document}
Crucial commands are \markboth
, \leftmark
and \rightmark
.
See also Typesetting a Dictionary with LaTeX.