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Carry over titles in table of contents, list of figures, and list of tables

1. December 2015 by tom 7 Comments

In a recent comment, I was asked if there is a way to carry over the table of contents heading in the report document class. In other words, reproduce the heading on every page of the table of contents.   The atbegshi package offers a solution. The package provides a hook, which allows execution of … [Read more…]

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Posted in: LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: carry over, chapter, heading, LaTeX, listoffigures, listoftables, repeat, report, reproduce, tableofcontents, title

Table of contents, list of figures and tables as sections in a report

25. March 2014 by tom 21 Comments

By default, the table of contents (TOC), list of figures (LOF) and list of tables (LOT) are typeset as chapters when using the report document class. However, the level of the heading can be changed. In this post, I will show how to decrease the level of the TOC, LOF, and LOT to section. Similarly, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Figure & table, Introduction, LaTeX, Tips & tricks Tagged: chapter, documentclass, heading, LaTeX, listoffigures, listoftables, report, section, tableofcontents

Tidy and compact table of contents with multitoc

14. August 2013 by tom Leave a Comment

The multitoc package provides an easy and clean way to save space when producing a table of contents. It allows for two or more columns. Similarly, list of figures and list of tables can be compressed.   The basics To produce a multi-column table of contents like the one above you’ll have to do the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Figure & table, Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: LaTeX, listoffigures, listoftables, multicol, multitoc, tableofcontent, usepackage

How to add extra space to the table of contents, list of figures and tables

16. July 2013 by tom 25 Comments

The tocloft package implements a number of commands to customize the table of contents, list of figures and list of tables. One of these commands provided by the package adds whitespace before entries. This is particularly neat for short documents, but might also improve the readability in longer content lists. However, it has its limitations … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Figure & table, Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: addtocontents, cftbeforeXskip, cftXafterpnum, conditional space toc, etoolbox, LaTeX, listoffigures, listoftables, tableofcontents, tocloft

Cross-referencing toc/lof/lot page numbers with content in LaTeX

24. August 2012 by tom 6 Comments

The hyperref package is extensive. Besides clickable hyperlinks, it provides an option to cross-reference page numbers in table-of-contents, list-of-figures and list-of-tables with the actual page. By default, the option is set to false. Loading the hyperref package without the linktopage option makes the list-entries clickable but not the page numbers.   Finally, always load hyperref … [Read more…]

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Posted in: LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: cross-reference, hyperref, LaTeX, linktocpage, listoffigures, listoftables, page number, tableofcontent, usepackage
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