LaTeX report chapter styles

Question

How do I change chapter styles in LaTeX report class? I have found something about \makechapterstyle, but it doesn't seem to work on reports (or at least it doesn't work on my report :-) ) I'm prety sure there must be some way to change this.

I know that LaTeX is not much of programming, but i dont't know any better place to ask this.

Answer 1

The package fncychap (pdf) seems to be what you're looking for. With it you should be able to format your chapters quite flexibly without the memoir class.

I've also used this thesis layout. It uses psboxit and fancyhdr. You should be able to tweak it to your specific needs.