[Tex/LaTex] How to write a chapter before table of contents

chapterstable of contents

Suppose I am writing a report (report class used) and I want some chapters before the TOC what should I do? How to number the chapters from after the TOC?

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\documentclass{book}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter

\chapter{intro}
something

\chapter{acknowledgements}
somebody

\tableofcontents

\mainmatter

\chapter{start here}
the real stuff

\chapter{more stuff}
\ldots

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] page numbering in table of contents

I don't think it's a good idea, but I know that some institutions have crazy requirements.

If you only need plain lowercase roman numerals, it's easy. See the comment in the code.

I also added a simpler solution for the problem of getting “really empty pages”: load the emptypage package. Also, \pagenumbering{arabic} should be issued before the first chapter.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,openright,twoside]{report}

\usepackage{emptypage}

\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}
This is the title page
\mbox{}
\end{titlepage}

\cleardoublepage
\pagenumbering{roman} 

\begin{center}
\large\bfseries Abstract
\end{center}

Abstract text

\cleardoublepage
% Let's change \thepage so it prints one less than
% the real page number; \pagenumbering{arabic}
% will redefine it to the right meaning afterwards.
\renewcommand\thepage{\romannumeral\numexpr\value{page}-1\relax}

\tableofcontents

\cleardoublepage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{First chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Third section}

\chapter{Second chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Third section}

\chapter{Third chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Third section}

\chapter{Fourth chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Third section}

\chapter{Fifth chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Third section}

\chapter{Sixth chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Third section}

\chapter{Seventh chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Third section}

\chapter{Eight chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Third section}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Add word ‘Chapter’ before chapter number in toc (memoir class)

It is just \renewcommand\cftchaptername{\chaptername~} in order to get at prefix into the toc

Just as an addition to the comment, if you want to do the same with the appendices in the toc, use

\renewcommand\cftappendixname{\appendicname~}

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