Release 5.1.1

Version 5 adds several new features. Most notable is a new implementation of the extra- marks package, which now has independent marks.

v5.0
Fancyhdr
– If the option [nocheck] is given, just keep quiet and don’t change the \headheight/\footskip
– Mark the [compatV3] option deprecated
– Command \fancypagestyle* variant
– New command \fancyhdrsettoheight
– New command \fancyfootalign
– New command \fancyhdrbox
– New command \fancypagestyleassign

• New commands \fancyheadwidth, \fancyfootwidth and \fancyhfwidth
  – Improved documentation
  Extramarks
  – New implementation of package extramarks with independent marks
  – Fallback to extramarks-v4

V5.1 & V5.1.1 – Bug fixes

Release 4.5

– fancyhdr: use a better method to disable paragraph hooks
– fancyhdr: added hooks
– extramarks: Prepare for LaTeX release June 2025
– extramarks: added commands \extramarksleft and \extramarksright

Release 4.4

extramarks.sty: Add setting the new style marks for \leftmark and \rightmark

Release 4.3.1

Bug fix: disable paragraph hooks inside fancyhdr headers and footers.

Release 4.2

Reset catcodes to their default values in header/footer construction.
This solves issue #8

Release 4.1

• Implement twoside package option to allow two-sided headers and footers in one-sided documents.
• Make fancyhdr compatible with the document class newlfm.
• Make \nouppercase compatible with newer definitions of \MakeUppercase.

Release 4 (4.0.3)

Version 4 (release 4.0.3) is a significant rewrite of the package. It also introduces a number of new features.
See the documentation for details.
Here are a few highlight:

• Options introduced on the \usepackage command (compatV3, nocheck, headings, myheadings).
• No longer adjusts \headheight and \footskip, on the following pages.
• Eliminated global definitions.
• The page style fancydefault.
• The \headruleskip parameter.
• The \fancyheadinit, \fancyfootinit, and \fancyhfinit commands.
• The \fancycenter command.
• The \fancypagestyle command has an optional parameter.

Release 3.10

This is the last release of the fancyhdr version 3 series.
It also was the first release based on fancydhr.dtx.

Please note: if you want to recreate the documentation on a modern LaTeX distribution, replace the line
\let\Package\textsf
by
\newcommand{\Package}[1]{\textsf{#1}}
in fancyhdr.dtx before you run LaTeX on it.