Table of Contents ____________

A table of contents is produced with the \tableofcontents command. You put the command right where you want the table of contents to go; LaTeX does the rest for you. It produces a heading, but it does not automatically start a new page. If you want a new page after the table of contents, include a \newpage command after the \tableofcontents command.

There are similar commands \listoffigures and \listoftables for producing a list of figures and a list of tables, respectively. Everything works exactly the same as for the table of contents.

NOTE: If you want any of these items to be generated, you cannot have the \nofiles command in your document.

Commands

\addcontentsline

Command:
\addcontentsline{file}{sec_unit}{entry}

The \addcontentsline command adds an entry to the specified list or table where:

file
is the extension of the file on which information is to be written: toc (table of contents), lof (list of figures), or lot (list of tables).

sec_unit
controls the formatting of the entry. It should be one of the following, depending upon the value of the file argument:
  1. toc -- the name of the sectional unit, such as part or subsection.
  2. lof -- figure
  3. lot -- table

entry
is the text of the entry.


\addtocontents

Command:
\addtocontents{file}{text}

The \addtocontents command adds text (or formatting commands) directly to the file that generates the table of contents or list of figures or tables.

file
is the extension of the file on which information is to be written: toc (table of contents), lof (list of figures), or lot (list of tables).

text
is the information to be written.

LaTeX2e manual: v1.0 - (2/95).