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leeau · Post by **leeau** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:27 am

Hi all,

I am a new LaTeX user - I use MikTeX and TeXnicCenter.

I used \tableofcontents command, and got the table of contents page with 'Contents' heading, but none of the sections are showing. The sections themselves were \sections and have been automatically numbered and all.

The same thing goes for \listoffigures. A blank page with only 'List of Figures' title appears.

What could have I done wrong? Please help!!!

SL

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lilbill · Post by **lilbill** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:49 am

I always use \addcontentsline{toc}{heading name(like section chapter etc.)}{title of section...}
you can also define a new command like

\newcommand{\chap}[1]{\chapter*{#1}\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}}

so that you can then add a chapter called Preliminaries by
\chap{Preliminaries}

That always forces it to work...also try to run latex twice to get the TOC references correct. Happens if you are using the \section*{} unnumbered version.

good luck!

leeau · Post by **leeau** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:57 am

lilbill wrote:I always use \addcontentsline{toc}{heading name(like section chapter etc.)}{title of section...}
you can also define a new command like

\newcommand{\chap}[1]{\chapter*{#1}\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}}

so that you can then add a chapter called Preliminaries by
\chap{Preliminaries}

That always forces it to work...also try to run latex twice to get the TOC references correct

good luck!

Thanks for your reply, but unfortunately it didn't work :( Still blank under 'Contents'
\tableofcontents or \addcontentsline or \listoffigures are supposed to work but they don't in my document.... :( :( :(

Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:29 am

Hi leeau,

did you change the tocdepth counter? It determines what entries will be shown in the toc.
Do you have a line like

Code: Select all

\setcounter{tocdepth}{0}

inside your code? Or could you post your document preamble here for examination?

Stefan

gmedina · Post by **gmedina** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:27 am

Hi leeau,

If Stefan_K's suggestion does not work, then please post a minimal working example showing the undesired behaviour. Having relevant information about your code helps us to provide effective help.

bas · Post by **bas** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:59 am

Check puntuation ( e.g. " _ [ etc are not allowed and though they impact funnily enough the toc generating process).
Good luck.

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