Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ \section* and \tableofcontents

[sombrancelha]

Hello,

I'm trying to make all \section*{} (and \subsection*{}) to appear in the \tableofcontents.

I tried using

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\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\rightmark}

but that only shows the page number in the Table of Contents.

Here's a MWE:

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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\newpage

\section*{First Section}
some text
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\rightmark}

\section*{Second Section}
\subsection*{First Subsection}
more text
\end{document}

Thanks.

[meho_r]

Type the actual name of a section instead of \rightmark.

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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\newpage

\section*{First Section}
some text
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\rightmark}

\section*{Second Section}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Second Section}

\subsection*{First Subsection}
\addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{First Subection}

more text
\end{document}

[bkarpuz]

Dear sombrancelha,

The following link can also be useful:
http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... =44&t=8151

bkarpuz

[sombrancelha]

Writing the name of the section in the \addcontentsline command would be exhaustive and boring in a long document as mine. What I've done is define \Section (I've also formatted to suit my needs) and use it instead:

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\newcommand{\Section}[1]{\clearpage % put new chapters on a new page
 \refstepcounter{section} % manually increment the chapter number
% manually add the chapter to the table of contents
 \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\protect\numberline{\thesection}#1}
% and now format the header according to spec.
 \begin{center}
 \LARGE\scshape{#1}
 \vspace*{12pt}
 \end{center}
}

* Based on this website.

The only problem of this is that in the contents table, the sections are still numbered - ideas on how to remove it?

[frabjous]

In the definition of \Section, just remove the part that says \protect\numberline{\thesection}, i.e.:

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\newcommand{\Section}[1]{\clearpage % put new chapters on a new page
\refstepcounter{section} % manually increment the chapter number
% manually add the chapter to the table of contents
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{#1}
% and now format the header according to spec.
\begin{center}
\LARGE\scshape{#1}
\vspace*{12pt}
\end{center}
}

That should remove the section numbers from the ToC.

[sombrancelha]

Thanks! This solved it!