Is it possible to create a list of all the figures at the end of a document (this I can do) and make it appear in the table of contents?
So in the the table of content there will be a line saying List of figures ... 19 for example?
[Tex/LaTex] Insert list of figures in the table of contents
table of contents
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The second code you mentioned should work, as egreg already commented. However, you could write the \addcontentsline command into the .lof file, before figures are created, so it's executed at the beginning of the beginning of the list of figures page:
\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}}
You need to use \protect before \addcontentsline to prevent the expansion of that macro when it's written to the .lof file.
Another approach would be using the tocbibind package instead of adding those entries manually. tocbibind automatically adds the bibliography and/or the index and/or the contents, list of figures, list of tables etc. to the table of contents. The package provides options for switching off any of these inclusions.
This is as easy as removing the *:
\chapter{List of Abbreviations}
Explanation: in the scope of \frontmatter, chapters are not numbered.
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The List of Figures is produced with
\listoffigures; you have to manually add it to the table of contents, so it should be preceded by\cleardoublepagein order to ensure that the page reference is correct. Uncomment the\phantomsectionline if you're usinghyperref: