General ⇒ how to display disclaimer, abstract on toc

[ma501th]

hi,

i was wondering how to add abstract and disclaimer into the toc but not as chpater headings. I have seen some pdf files that these heading appear as roman numbers.

and also what order is best, toc, disclaimer, abstract?

or disclaimer, abstract then toc.

can you please advise me

thanks

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi ma501th,

I cannot advise concerning the order, how the content could be sorted. You may look into similar papers, reports and compare. Perhaps you have an advisor who can tell you the common practice or requirements. But we probably can help you to fulfil those.

In general you could add abstract and disclaimer with chapter* and section*, so they dont get numbered and won't apear inside the toc. But that you may do with \addcontentsline or \addtocontents.

If this is not clear, tell us your specific needs, how abstract and disclaimer should appear in detail.

Stefan

[ma501th]

i have decided that the contens page should appear followed by disclaimer and abstract.

I would like disclaimer and abstract to appear on contens page but as not as chapter headings but as roman numbers. Then the chapters should appear normally with numerical page number (as default)

I have attached a screen shot of a report which i have obtained online which shows how i would like the disclaimer and abstract to appear on toc

[ma501th]

hi,

i managed to find way for this to appear on contents page with no problem, but the only issue is the disclaimer and abstract appear as numerical number, is there anyway these two heading could be numbered as roman numbers?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi ma501th,

write

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\pagenumbering{roman}

at the beginning, before the disclaimer.
Write

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\pagenumbering{arabic}

after the abstract before the introduction.

Stefan

[ma501th]

hi i just followed your instructions, i also added acknowlodgement to that list. but have problem, this is what appears on toc

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Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

the acknowlodgement number is numerical, how do i change that to roman.

i have put

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\pagenumbering{roman}

before the disclaimer and this

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\pagenumbering{arabic}

after the acknowlodgements but before introduction. Where have i gone wrong?

please help

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi ma501th,

put \clearpage (or \cleardoublepage) before \pagenumbering{arabic}, to avoid the influence to the Acknowledgements page.

Stefan

[ma501th]

I have applied that code, now this is what happens

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Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . ..ii
Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . iv

As you can see i (one) is missing. Looking on the report, latex has labelled i as list of tables. the next page after list of tables is the disclaim which is number ii.

How do i get latex to number disclaimer as i rather than ii and have
abstract as ii
acknowledgements as iii

please help

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi ma501th,

so you have a list of tables before the disclaimer. What page number should the list get?
For the disclaimer starting with i just write \clearpage and \pagenumbering{roman} directly before it:

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\listoftables
\clearpage
\pagenumbering{roman}
% now the disclaimer

Stefan

[ma501th]

thanks this really helped. The only problem now is the toc is page numbered 1 and then chapter one is page numbered 1 but the toc numbers links the actual pages.

is this minor problem i can solve?

thanks