I need to supress pagenumbers in TOC against only one section. For e.g. I dont want a page number against acknowledgements in the table of contents for the example code i have supplied. Also how do I get rid of the dotted lines on the acknowlegdement line ONLY (in toc).
Note: Not asking to suppress section numbers in toc (using*)....just the PAGE number on a certain line (in this case the ackknowledgements line in toc)
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\titlecontents{section}[1.5em]
{\bfseries}
{\contentslabel{2em}}
{\hspace*{-2.3em}}
{\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\contentspage}
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}} % Numbering format for TOC
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\Alph{subsection}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{\arabic{subsubsection}}
\begin{center}
\tableofcontents
\end{center}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\section{Introduction}\label{intro} % 1st chapter
\end{center}
\subsection{Background} % sub heading under 1st chapter
some text....
\subsection{Aim}
some more text....
\subsection{Scope}
more text....
\begin{center}
\section{Project Methodology}\label{prometh} % 2nd chapter
\end{center}
\subsection{Requirement for the Project} % sub heading under 2nd chapter
text.....
\subsection{Redesign of a New Model} % sub heading under 2nd chapter
text....
\subsection{Summary} % sub heading under 2nd chapter
text...
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Acknowledgements}
\section*{Acknowledgements} % Want no page number for this in toc
\end{document}
Thanks for the help that worked and as you mentioned now comes the formatting. Im new to Latex and i dont quite understand how to apply formating to make it look like say the Introduction line in the toc from example code. i.e. make it ragged left, bold, and larger text. Im sure this is a simple amendment so if someone could help it would be appreciated.
cheers
amended code example below...need to make acknowlegement line in toc as follows....ragged left, bold, and larger text (just like intoduction line but keep it as no page number or section number)
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}} % Numbering format for TOC
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\Alph{subsection}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{\arabic{subsubsection}}
\begin{center}
\tableofcontents
\end{center}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\section{Introduction}\label{intro} % 1st chapter
\end{center}
\subsection{Background} % sub heading under 1st chapter
some text....
\subsection{Aim}
some more text....
\subsection{Scope}
more text....
\begin{center}
\section{Project Methodology}\label{prometh} % 2nd chapter
\end{center}
\subsection{Requirement for the Project} % sub heading under 2nd chapter
text.....
\subsection{Redesign of a New Model} % sub heading under 2nd chapter
text....
%\subsection{Summary} % sub heading under 2nd chapter
text...
\section*{Acknowledgements} % Want no page number for this in toc
\addtocontents{toc}{Acknowledgements}
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
% ----- ToC format -----
\usepackage{titletoc}
\titlecontents{section}[2em]
{\addvspace{1.0em plus 1pt}\bfseries}
{\contentslabel{2em}}
{\hspace*{-2em}}
{\titlerule*[0.8pc]{.}\contentspage}
\titlecontents{subsection}[4.8em]
{}
{\contentslabel{2.8em}}
{\hspace*{-2.8m}}
{\titlerule*[0.8pc]{.}\contentspage}
% ----------------------
% ----- Redefinition of \section -----
% Needed to center its title
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\section{\@startsection{section}{1}{0pt}%
{-3.5ex plus -1ex minus -.2ex}%
{2.3ex plus.2ex}%
{\normalfont\Large\bfseries\centering}}
\makeatother
% ------------------------------------
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}} % Numbering format for TOC
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\Alph{subsection}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{\arabic{subsubsection}}
\usepackage{lipsum} % Just to write blind text. Defines \lipsum
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{Introduction}\label{intro} % 1st chapter
\subsection{Background} % sub heading under 1st chapter
\lipsum[1]
\subsection{Aim}
\lipsum[2]
\subsection{Scope}
\lipsum[3]
\section{Project Methodology}\label{prometh} % 2nd chapter
\subsection{Requirement for the Project} % sub heading under 2nd chapter
\lipsum[4]
\subsection{Redesign of a New Model} % sub heading under 2nd chapter
\lipsum[5]
\subsection{Summary} % sub heading under 2nd chapter
\lipsum[6]
% Redefinition of the ToC format for sections, adapted to Acknowledgements
\titlecontents{section}[2em]
{\addvspace{1.0em plus 1pt}\bfseries}
{\contentslabel{2em}}
{\hspace*{-2em}}
{}
\section*{Acknowledgements} % Want no page number for this in toc
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Acknowledgements}
\lipsum[7]
\end{document}
Remarks:
Your code wasn't compilable. The center environment in the preamble yields an error. The preamble is reserved for settings and definitions. No text intended to appear in the document should be written there.
It is a bad idea to put sectioning commands inside environments to modify their format. Don't write \section inside center. Just redefine \section. This can be done directly or by means of a package (titlesec, sectsty...)
If you change the ToC format of sections, you should also modify, at least, that of subsections accordingly. If not, the shape of the dotted lines is inconsistent.
From the {\contentslabel{2em} command in your code, I guess that you want to add 0.5em to the label width of sections in the ToC. with respect to the usual width. I've added it also to subsections.
The \titlecontents command can be used anywhere in the document. That's the trick to change specifically the format of the acknowledgements in the ToC.
Thankyou Juanjo...worked perfectly and thanks for the other suggestions as well. Just curious though what part of the code made the numbers disappear in the TOC?
% Redefinition of the ToC format for sections, adapted to Acknowledgements
\titlecontents{section}[2em]
{\addvspace{1.0em plus 1pt}\bfseries}
{\contentslabel{2em}}
{\hspace*{-2em}}
{}
The sixth argument for \titlecontents receives the text that should be printed as page number. For all sections but the acknowledgment, this was "\titlerule*[0.8pc]{.}\contentspage" (i.e., a horizontal rule and the page number); for the acknowledgment section, it is just made empty.
