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Thanks so much! It works well now.

Stefan_K wrote:Hi xiaodang,

welcome to the board!

Nice complete minimal example. You can fix it by adding \par:

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\addtocontents{toc}{\textit{the author}\par}

Stefan

Hi all,

I have a problem when making the table of contents. I want to add the author below the section title, but it doesn't work.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{This Is the First Section}
\addtocontents{toc}{\textit{the author ...