Text Formatting ⇒ ToC with Roman and Arabic Page Numbers

[Leoni]

Hi guys,

I am desperately looking for the solution of my problem:
I am writing a dissertation. My contents will include Abstract, Abbreviations, Symbols and Glossary before the very first Chapter. All these four will not count as chapter, so I used

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\chapter*{Abstract}

I'd like to use roman page numbering for these four sections, so I do

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\include{TitlePage}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\include{Abstract}
\include{Abbreviations}
\include{Symbols}
\include{Glossary}
\tableofcontents
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Abstract}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Abbreviations}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Symbols}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Glossary}
\newpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\include{Intro1}
... and so on

My problem is, that when the Table of Contents is generated, it somehow doesn't take the page numbers, but it puts xv (the last page before chapter 1 starts) everywhere, so it looks like this:

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Contents
Abstract .................. xv
Abbreviations ............. xv
Symbols ................... xv
Glossary .................. xv

instead of:

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Contents
Abstract................... i
Abbreviations.............. iv
Symbols.................... vi
Glossary................... x

What do I do wrong here?
Any help will be highly appreciated,
Leoni

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Leoni!

\addcontentsline produces the entry fo the table of contents using the page number where you positioned the command. Use it in the corresponding document part, such as

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\clearpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Abstract}
\include{Abstract}
\clearpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Abbreviations}
\include{Abbreviations}
\clearpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Symbols}
\include{Symbols}
\clearpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Glossary}
\include{Glossary}
\tableofcontents

Stefan

[Leoni]

And that did the job!

Vielen herzlichen Dank, Stefan