General ⇒ Indent Problem in Table of Contents

[rotarydial]

gmedina, thank you for your previous help on this topic. Here is where things break down for me. If I change the font of the LOT entries, the indentation is incorrect. Note lines 3-6 in the following code; they are the only change from one of your examples. Tossing this into pdflatex produces a LOT entry with incorrect line wrapping. Any ideas?

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand\cfttabfont{
	\fontfamily{phv}
	\fontsize{12pt}{10pt}
	\selectfont}
\newlength\mylength
\settowidth\mylength{Table}
\addtolength\cfttabnumwidth{\mylength}
\renewcommand\cfttabpresnum{Table }
\begin{document}
\listoftables               
\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}% to simulate a table
  \caption{Some long, very long test text which should span at least one line in the list of tables}
  \label{tab:test}
\end{table}
\end{document}

[gmedina]

gmedina, thank you for your previous help on this topic...

You are welcome!

...Here is where things break down for me. If I change the font of the LOT entries, the indentation is incorrect. Note lines 3-6 in the following code; they are the only change from one of your examples. Tossing this into pdflatex produces a LOT entry with incorrect line wrapping. Any ideas?

Simply remove any blank spaces within \fontfamily, \fontsize, and \selectfont; it is also advisable to apply the font modification to calculate the \mylength length:

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\renewcommand\cfttabfont{%
   \fontfamily{phv}\fontsize{12pt}{10pt}\selectfont}
\newlength\mylength
\settowidth\mylength{\cfttabfont Table}
\addtolength\cfttabnumwidth{\mylength}
\renewcommand\cfttabpresnum{Table\ }

\begin{document}
\listoftables               
\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}% to simulate a table
  \caption{Some long, very long test text which should span at least one line in the list of tables}
  \label{tab:test}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Edit: I corrected the last part of my message, regarding \mylength.