Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ how to split the table of contents

[thedreamshaper]

I am using a standard

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\tableofcontents

command but i need it to take up less space, i figure it should be able to be split so that instead of 1 line on a page i could have two. That is two vertical lines of chapters rather than just the one.

Any ideas guys ?

Thanks

[Montag]

your description of the problem is a bit confusing ... but maybe this is it

in the preamble:

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\usepackage{multicol}

in the document:

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\begin{multicols*}{2}
\tableofcontents
\end{multicols*}

[thedreamshaper]

Hehe thanks, i guess i could have been more explicit, though you got it right. exept what it does is make the two columns(as i asked) but it continous on the next page, so basickly while my table of contents is now down two 2 pages, it splits it so that the first(left) column is contioned on the next page rather than on the same. How can i force it to continue at the same page ?


Thanks

[localghost]

The multitoc package is your friend.

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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage[toc]{multitoc}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
  \tableofcontents
  \Blinddocument
\end{document}

Thorsten

[thedreamshaper]

Thanks Thorsten but i am afraid i didnt get a table of contents, it just sorta messed up my document (and removed the table of contents entirely). Could it be because of some of the other packages i am using ?

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\usepackage[top=2.0cm,left=2.0cm,right=1.5cm,bottom=2.0cm,headheight=12.5 pt]{geometry}
\usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}
\usepackage[compact]{titlesec}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage[left=1in,top=1in,right=1in,nohead,nofoot,a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb}
\usepackage{ulem} 
\usepackage{listings} 
\usepackage{textcomp}  
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[localghost]

What shall we do now with this completely useless code snippet? You are not new to the forum so you should know that a minimal example is absolutely essential [1]. And please echo possible error messages exactly from the log file. From what you posted nothing can be seen to give specific help. But perhaps you can answer the question why you are loading the geometry package twice and also with different options. By the way, it works for me with your package combination after this correction.

[1] View topic: Avoidable mistakes

[Montag]

Hehe thanks, i guess i could have been more explicit, though you got it right. exept what it does is make the two columns(as i asked) but it continous on the next page, so basickly while my table of contents is now down two 2 pages, it splits it so that the first(left) column is contioned on the next page rather than on the same. How can i force it to continue at the same page ?


Thanks

You know, in English the "i" is written "I", unless your whole text is in small letters.

My last idea would be

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\begin{multicols}{2}
\tableofcontents
\end{multicols}

I honestly still don't get what exactly you would like to achieve, so what I'm writing is more of a hint. :-/ Please regard the rules. .)

[thedreamshaper]

Thanks Enrico, that actually did it the layout is still not as "pretty" as i would like, but it is essentially what i need.

This is what it looks like at the moment.

ToCmulticolumn.jpg (175.11 KiB) Viewed 12357 times

ps. I did not know about the small letters thing

[thedreamshaper]

ps.

Although the question is solved i would still appreciate any tips on how to improve the layout

[localghost]

An alternative has already been given to you. If something doesn't work, you should know what to do. If not, read the reference in my last post.