Create small TOCs/LOFs/LOTs using \minitoc

5 Comments

In large documents, it is helpful to add a “mini-table-of-contents” at the beginning of every chapter in order to get a better overview of the chapter. The minitoc-package provides a nice, easy-to-use and customizable layout for TOCs on a chapter level.

How to create a minitoc:

\usepackage{minitoc}

Any minitoc can only be created if you have a “global” table-of-contents, its content is used for generation. So in your document, you first have to notify Latex you want to use minitoc and then create the overall table of contents:

\dominitoc
\tableofcontents

Now you can add minitocs at the beginning of your chapters:

\chapter{...}
\minitoc
\section{...}

Minilofs and minilots:

Similarly, \minilof and minilot will create list-of-figures and list-of-tables for your chapters.

Remarks:

Obviously, this only makes sense in books and reports, as in articles there are no chapters available. Here the minitoc-package provides additional commands for articles:

\secttoc
\sectlof
\sectlot

and to partition books:

\parttoc
\partlof
\partlot

The package documentation can be found at CTAN

5 Comments

  1. lynn

    Hi,

    Have you ever experienced the minitoc appeared in wrong chapters? Any solution for this? Is there any conflicting packages such as the use of tocloft package etc?

    Reply

    • Are you using \chapter*{} or \section*{} somewhere in your document? Try adding the following line at the end of the starred chapter to adjust the minitoc counter:

      \adjustmtc

      Please refer to the documentation for further details.

      Cheers, Tom.

      Reply

  3. Interesting thanks. But I have one large section and I want a ToC for that section ONLY. How do I define a “minitoc” for that one section that omits the section number and numbers the first subsection as “1” not “0.1” or “5.1”?? Actually “5.1” would be fine. BTW I am using the article class.

    Reply

    • tom

      Hi Wayne,

      Thanks for your question. Is this a starred section (\section*{}) you need the minitoc for? In general, minitoc uses the standard counters. Therefore, to remove the section number from subsection counter, it’s sufficient to redefine how the subsection counter is printed.

      Please provide a minimal example and I’ll be happy to make a suggestion.

      Apologies for the brief article. I’m aware that it’s information content is limited. You might find the minitoc package documentation useful.

      HTH, Tom

      % Subsection without section (e.g. 1 ....)
\renewcommand\thesubsection{\arabic{subsection}}
\section{...}
\subsection{...}
% Content

% Subsection with section (e.g. 1.1 ...)
\renewcommand\thesubsection{\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}}
\section{...}
\subsection{...}
      Reply

Leave a Reply