Theses, Books, Title pages ⇒ Long section names extend into margins of Table of Contents

[dadrivr]

I am using version 1.4 of the Doctoral Thesis template at http://www.latextemplates.com/template/ ... ral-thesis.

My university has strict requirements for 1-inch margins, and I am running into a problem where I have long section names that are running into the margins. I would like to force the long section names to wrap (or force a linebreak) so they don't extend into the margins. Basically, my issue is similar to the one here:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions ... -the-margi

However, I tried the solution (adding \- in the section name to help it know where to break), but it didn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated (I'm not sure how to provide a MWE given my dissertation is over 300 pages long and it uses the custom template).

[Johannes_B]

Use shorter names.
\section[short here]{long and descriptive name at the beginning of the chapter}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I tried the solution (adding /- in the section name to help it know where to break), but it didn't work.

What does it mean? No change but in the margin, or an error message? It should be \- by the way, not /-. And in a word, what shall be broken at the margin, not just somewhere. This \- stands for an allowed breakpoint.

Stefan

[dadrivr]

I tried the solution (adding /- in the section name to help it know where to break), but it didn't work.

What does it mean? No change but in the margin, or an error message? It should be \- by the way, not /-. And in a word, what shall be broken at the margin, not just somewhere. This \- stands for an allowed breakpoint.

Stefan

Yes, I used \- (sorry for the confusion). I don't get an error, but the long section name doesn't wrap into the next line at the suggested place, either.

[dadrivr]

Nevermind, I tried placing the break in a different part of the word and it worked. Thanks!