[Tex/LaTex] Overlapping numbers and titles in toc

formattingtable of contents

How can i change formatting of the table of contents to avoid section numbering and section title to overlap?

Document:

\documentclass[10pt,oneside,notitlepage]{book}

% Use Heuristica Font
\usepackage{heuristica}
\usepackage[heuristica,vvarbb,bigdelims]{newtxmath}
\renewcommand*\oldstylenums[1]{\textosf{#1}}


\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\part{Part one}

\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}


\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}

\end{document}

Example output:

Best Answer

The space needed by the section number(s) is too small. Using tocloft this spacing can be controlled by the length register \cftsecnumwidth, adding some value with \addtolength{\cftsecnumwidth}{10pt} will improve the spacing.

The value of 10pt can be changed of course.

\documentclass[10pt,oneside,notitlepage]{book}

% Use Heuristica Font
\usepackage{heuristica}
\usepackage[heuristica,vvarbb,bigdelims]{newtxmath}
\renewcommand*\oldstylenums[1]{\textosf{#1}}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\addtolength{\cftsecnumwidth}{10pt}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\part{Part one}

\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}
\chapter{Chapter Oh}


\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}
\section{Chapter Hi}

\end{document}

Remarks

You may use the \addcontentsline command. The syntax is defined as follows

\addcontentsline{TABLE}{LEVEL}{TITLE}

TABLE stands for the type of list, where you want to add the item, possible are:
- toc: Table of contents
- lof: List of figures
- lot: List of tables
LEVEL will be the level at which the line will appear in the list. Possible are:
- For toc: chapter, section, subsection
- For lof: figure
- For lot: table
TITLE is your heading.

For example

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Appendix}

will add Appendix to your table of contents, but will NOT typeset the heading within the document. You need to use \chapter*{Appendix} for this.

Implementation

\documentclass{tufte-book}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Introduction}
\section{Historical Overview}
\chapter{Implementation}
\section{The CUDA Model}
\section{A Lattice Boltzmann Solver}
\chapter*{Appendix}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Appendix}
\section*{The Mathematical Background}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{The Mathematical Background}
\subsection*{Proofs}
\addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{Proofs}
\end{document}

Output

[Tex/LaTex] Change title of Table of Contents

Typo: it is called \captionsenglish not \captions\english

Best Answer

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Add an item in the table of contents

Remarks

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Output

[Tex/LaTex] Change title of Table of Contents

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