Text Formatting ⇒ Custom toc entry

[bgeorge]

Hi all,

I'll try and explain my problem. I'm creating a document, and in this I'd like to have headings that have math mode symbols. I've found that I have to use the {\bf } environment to ensure that they appear bold in the document section headers, for example:

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\section{$^{{\bf 99}} {\bf Tc}^{\bf m}$}

The problem is that this creates bold text in the table of contents.

I know that you can use the \section*{} command to stop entries appearing in the toc and then use \addtocontents{} to add a custom entry (without the bold type), but this stops the section being numbered in the document (which I would like).

What is the best way to solve this issue?

Thanks,

Ben George.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Ben,

welcome to the board!
You could use the optional parameter of \section:

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\section[text for toc]{text for document}

Btw. \bf is obsolete, use \textbf{text} or \bfseries instead, see LaTeX2e font selection.

Stefan

[bgeorge]

Thank you, that is perfect. Such a simple solution, surprised I haven't come across it before.

Ben