General ⇒ Table of Contents Spacing

[Pcubik]

I have successfully redefined the spacing for the top margins and titles of the ToC, LoF, and LoT.... with the following code:

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makeatletter
\def\tableofcontents{%
 \newpage
 \centerline{\bf TABLE OF CONTENTS}
 \vspace*{0.3in}
 \@mkboth{CONTENTS}{CONTENTS}
 \@starttoc{toc}
}
\makeatother

\makeatletter
\def\listoffigures{
\newpage
 \vspace*{1.0in}
 \centerline{\bf LIST OF FIGURES}
 \vspace*{0.3in}
 \@mkboth{LIST OF FIGURES}{LIST OF FIGURES}
 \@starttoc{lof}
}
\makeatother

\makeatletter
\def\listoftables{%
 \newpage
 \vspace*{1.0in}
 \centerline{\bf LIST OF TABLES}
 \vspace*{0.3in}
 \@mkboth{LIST OF TABLES}{LIST OF TABLES}
 \@starttoc{lot}
}
\makeatother

However, I need to have double spacing between entries and single spacing within the entries. My fruitless searching is still, well, fruitless.

Thanks!

[gmedina]

Hi,

have you tried using the tocloft package? Read the package documentation to learn all the options it offers.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Pcubik,

welcome to the board!
I have just some comments, perhaps some if it might be useful for you. I would not use uppercase and bold, that's emphasizing two times. Perhaps compare with

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\centerline{\large\scshape Table of Contents}

Similar for the headings like \@mkboth{LIST OF FIGURES}{LIST OF FIGURES} - hard to head, I would prefer small caps by \scshape.
\bf is obsolete, use \bfseries instead. It's not defined in the LaTeX kernel any more, just in some document classes for compatibility reasons. titles and spacing could have been done by titlesec.

Stefan