Text Formatting ⇒ Capitalizing Some headers in a text

[maranatha]

Hello there

I wanted to change the way some headers in my thesis look. According to the guide line of my university, all headers should be capitalized. I was successful in capitalizing the headers in the body text. But the headers "Contents", "List of Figure", "List of Tables" and "Bibliography" had to be changed to unbolded "TABLE OF CONTENTS", "LIST OF FIGURES";"LIST OF TABLES" and "REFERENCES". But I havent got it done yet. I am using the book documentclass. I tried to modify the following in the book.cls file but it didnt help. I would be so glad if any one is willing to help me.

\newcommand\contentsname{Contents}
\newcommand\listfigurename{List of Figure}
\newcommand\listtablename{List of Tables}
\newcommand\bibname{Bibilography}

in to

\newcommand\contentsname{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\newcommand\listfigurename{LIST OF FIGURES}
\newcommand\listtablename{LIST OF TABLES}
\newcommand\bibname{REFERENCES}

[localghost]

[…] I tried to modify the following in the book.cls file but it didnt help. […]

Never ever edit a class file directly. Always do the necessary redefinitions in the preamble of your document.

But somehow I don't see the problem.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\renewcommand*{\contentsname}{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand*{\listfigurename}{LIST OF FIGURES}
\renewcommand*{\listtablename}{LIST OF TABLES}
\renewcommand*{\bibname}{REFERENCES}

\begin{document}
  \tableofcontents
  \listoffigures
  \listoftables

  \begin{thebibliography}{9}
    \bibitem{key} Bibliography Item
  \end{thebibliography}
\end{document}

If that doesn't work for you, please show the opposite by a minimal example.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[maranatha]

Very ideal solution....thank you very much.
It was really helpful. I spent 3 days to fix this. I was editing the class file for in vain. I have some more problems and I will show up after few trials.

Cheers!