Page Layout ⇒ TOC on left page using the Book Class

[BoudewijnD]

Hi,

I know it is kind of strange but I would like to make an exception on the book class,. It normally starts with a chapter on the right page. But I want my TOC printed on the left page the rest of the chapters should start on the right hand side. Is there a way to trick latex in to doing just that??

\BoudewijnD

[kaiserkarl13]

If you have a look at book.cls, the only thing it does when processing the "openany" option is issue \@openrightfalse. You might try issuing the following:

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\makeatletter
\@openrightfalse
\tableofcontents
\@openrighttrue
\makeatother

It may not work, especially if the \@openright(false|true) macros only work inside book.cls, but it's worth a try.

[BoudewijnD]

Hey Kaiserkarl1,

Thanx that piece of code did the tric. The only thing is that I cann't change the name of the TOC it self.

\BoudewijnS

[kaiserkarl13]

How about "\renewcommand{\contentsname}{My Contents}"?

[BoudewijnD]

That i tried but fails I now use the

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\def

to redfine the toc and that works.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

If you use babel, such as by

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\usepackage[english]{babel}

then use \addto, to override babel language settings:

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\addto\captionsenglish{%
  \renewcommand\contentsname{Table of Contents}%
}

Stefan