General ⇒ Unnumbered section headings in the table of contents

[Sondre]

I'm using the article class and can't figure out how to include the "Preface" in the table of contents. I use the command

\section*{Preface}

because I don't want the heading to be numbered, but then it is excluded in the table of contents. Does anybody know how to still make it appear, without numbering?

[balfonsi]

Try the titlesec package, which is devoted to customizing sections, subsections,and the like. See the advanced settings in the doc: it is possible to define variants of sections with a 'numberless' key,which might do the trick.

B.A.

[localghost]

As an alternative, you can just add your unnumbered section to the TOC.

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\section*{Preface}
  \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Preface}