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bhosp
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Help with \tableofcontents and \listoffigures heading format

Post by bhosp »

I need to change the format of the headings created by \tableofcontents ("Contents") and \listoffigures ("List of Figures") to be centered, bold-face, normal-size text. I also want to remove the leading vspace these macros create (between the heading and the top margin). How do I do this?

(Please help! My university library won't accept my dissertation if I can't make it conform to their style guide! :shock: )

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meho_r
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Help with \tableofcontents and \listoffigures heading format

Post by meho_r »

Welcome to the forum. Please, start with this.

Meanwhile, here's a blind example using titlesec:

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\begin{document}
{% don’t forget this curly brace
\titleformat{\chapter}
{\normalfont\bfseries\filcenter}% global formatting (number and text)
{}% formatting the chapter number
{0pt}% distance between the number and text of chapter
{}% optional code preceding typesetting of chapter
\titlespacing{\chapter}
{0pt}% left margin
{0pt}% vertical space before title
{0pt}% vertical space after title
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
}% don’t forget this curly brace
\begin{figure}\centering
\rule{3cm}{1ex}
\caption{A figure}
\end{figure}
\Blinddocument
\end{document}
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