Page Layout ⇒ Remove "Contents" from TOC?

[astroryan7]

Hi, I use the \tableofcontents command to insert the TOC. No definitions, no options, just that.
But it includes the word "Contents" at the beginning, and I would like to remove that -- (my TOC runs one line onto the next page).

Is there an option to do this? Many thanks.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

It depends on the document class you are using.

There's another way, enlarging the page a bit, such as:

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\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\enlargethispage{\baselineskip}}

Stefan

[astroryan7]

Thanks for the reply. Adding that line after \tableofcontents didn't remove it.
I'm using the aastex document class, if that helps.

Can I get around it by manually adding sections/subsections to a generic Table of Contents (that avoids using the \tableofcontents command)? Not sure that is the command that produces "Contents" at the top, though.

[astroryan7]

Scratch that. I see that I can use:

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\renewcommand{\contentsname}{}

along with \vspace to get around it.

Thanks.