[Tex/LaTex] Page numbering error in table of contents

page-numberingtable of contents

I'm preparing my thesis report. My table of contents starts from roman page number (iii) and has a total of 3 pages. But unfortunately the last page of toc shows page number (iii) again. Same is the case for the lof (3 pages). I am using \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}. I'm a beginner in LaTeX, so please help me.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Contents}
\tableofcontents
\pagenumbering{roman}\setcounter{page}{3}
\clearpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Summary}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\setcounter{page}{6}    
\chapter*{Summary}    
\clearpage

\listoffigures
\pagestyle{plain}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\setcounter{page}{7}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}
\clearpage

\listoftables
\pagenumbering{roman}
\setcounter{page}{10}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}
\clearpage

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You shouldn't give repeated \pagenumbering{roman} commands: LaTeX just knows the page numbers.

Be careful to issue the \addcontentsline command at the right time, that is, after a new page has been started.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}

\begin{document}

\cleardoublepage % if some contents comes before
\pagenumbering{roman}\setcounter{page}{3}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Contents}
\tableofcontents

\cleardoublepage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Summary}
\chapter*{Summary}    

\cleardoublepage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}
\listoffigures

\cleardoublepage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}
\listoftables

\cleardoublepage

\pagenumbering{arabic}

\def\one{%
  \chapter{Something}
  \section{A}
  some text
  \section{A}
  some text
  \begin{figure}
  \caption{Whatever}
  \end{figure}
  \section{A}
  some text
  \begin{table}
  \caption{Whatever}
  \end{table}
}
\def\many{\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one}

\many % make as much contents as to produce three pages in the toc

\end{document}

You can vastly simplify the input by using the tocbibind package and the book class.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{book}
\usepackage{tocbibind}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\pagestyle{plain} % this is what report uses

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\setcounter{page}{3}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Summary}    

\listoffigures

\listoftables

\mainmatter

\def\one{%
  \chapter{Something}
  \section{A}
  some text
  \section{A}
  some text
  \begin{figure}
  \caption{Whatever}
  \end{figure}
  \section{A}
  some text
  \begin{table}
  \caption{Whatever}
  \end{table}
}
\def\many{\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one\one}

\many

\end{document}

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You get three times a page 1 in the front matter: in the report class the titlepage environment which is used also by abstract resets the page number to 1.

I suggest you to use the book class with its \frontmatter and \mainmatter commands, with \chapter{\abstractname} for the abstract in the front matter.

However also the report class can be used, after patching the relevant commands; I show only the important parts, add the rest to suit. It's probably better to \usepackage[<options>]{geometry} for setting the page parameters and \usepackage{setspace} for the interline spacing.

Remember the \clearpage command before \pagenumbering{arabic}.

\documentclass[12pt]{report}

%%% PATCHES %%%
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
% Patch `titlepage` not to reset the page number
\patchcmd{\titlepage}{\setcounter{page}\@ne}{}{}{}
\patchcmd{\endtitlepage}{\setcounter{page}\@ne}{}{}{}

% Patch `abstract` so that it shows the page number
\patchcmd{\abstract}{\titlepage}{\titlepage\thispagestyle{plain}}{}{}
\makeatother
%%% END PATCHES %%%

\begin{document}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\begin{titlepage}
abc
\end{titlepage}
\begin{abstract}
dddd
\end{abstract}

\tableofcontents

\clearpage %%%%% <---- IMPORTANT
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\pagestyle{myheadings} \markright{}
\chapter{A}

\end{document}

[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}

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