The Table of Contents in my LyX document is multiple pages long, but LyX splits it at an undesirable position. I want to split the Table of Contents manually. An equivalent to \newpage but only inside ToC. Is this possible?
[Tex/LaTex] Splitting ToC into two parts, each in one page
lyxpage-breakingtable of contents
Related Solutions
Load (in the preamble) the multicol package:
\usepackage{multicol}
and then, in the body of your document:
\begin{frame}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\tableofcontents
\end{multicols}
\end{frame}
Edit: With the toc appearing all through the beamer, before the first frame:
\AtBeginSubsection[]
{
\begin{frame}<beamer>
\begin{multicols}{2}
\tableofcontents[currentsection,hideothersubsections]
\end{multicols}
\end{frame}
}
I will describe a way to go with the book class using etoc. The code sample is minimal but you should be able to transfer the relevant parts to your real use case.
see update below in response to question asked in comment
Here are the two tables of contents (with correct hyperlinks):
Code:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{etoc}
\newcommand{\TableOfContents}{%
\centerline{\LARGE\scshape Thesis Contents}
\vspace{0.5cm}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Thesis contents}
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeOne}{all}
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeTwo}{none}
\etocsettocstyle {\section*{Volume One}}{\bigskip}
\tableofcontents
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeOne}{none}
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeTwo}{all}
\etocsettocstyle {\section*{Volume Two}}{\cleardoublepage}
\tableofcontents
}
\begin{document}
\etocdepthtag.toc {VolumeOne}
\frontmatter
\vspace*{1cm}
\begin{center}
\huge\bfseries Volume One:\\ Oscillation Theory and Beyond
\end{center}
\vspace{2cm}
\TableOfContents
\mainmatter
\chapter{Foo}
\blindtext
\chapter{Bar}
\blindtext
\backmatter
\etocdepthtag.toc {VolumeTwo}
\vspace*{1cm}
\begin{center}
\huge\bfseries Volume Two:\\ Appendices
\end{center}
\vspace{2cm}
\TableOfContents
\chapter{Appendix}
\blindtext
\chapter{Another appendix}
\blindtext
\end{document}
Here is now a variant where the TOC in the Volume Two only lists the appendices. Also the page numbering is restarted for Volume Two.
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{etoc}
\newcommand{\TableOfContents}{%
\centerline{\LARGE\scshape Thesis Contents}
\vspace{0.5cm}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Thesis contents}
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeOne}{all}
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeTwo}{none}
\etocsettocstyle {\section*{Volume One}}{\bigskip}
\tableofcontents
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeOne}{none}
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeTwo}{all}
\etocsettocstyle {\section*{Volume Two}}{\cleardoublepage}
\tableofcontents
}
\begin{document}
\etocdepthtag.toc {VolumeOne}
\frontmatter
\vspace*{1cm}
\begin{center}
\huge\bfseries Volume One:\\ Oscillation Theory and Beyond
\end{center}
\vspace{2cm}
\TableOfContents
\mainmatter
\chapter{Foo}
\blindtext
\chapter{Bar}
\blindtext
\mainmatter % to restart page numbering
\backmatter
\etocdepthtag.toc {VolumeTwo}
\vspace*{1cm}
\begin{center}
\huge\bfseries Volume Two:\\ Appendices
\end{center}
\vspace{2cm}
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeOne}{none}
\etocsettagdepth {VolumeTwo}{all}
\etocsettocstyle {\section*{\contentsname}\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\contentsname}}
{\cleardoublepage}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Appendix}
\blindtext
\chapter{Another appendix}
\blindtext
\end{document}
Best Answer
You could add the following to your LaTeX preamble:
and then add an ERT containing
in your document wherever you wish to insert a page break -
\clearpage- in your ToC.The motivation behind this approach is that you have no clear handle on the ToC other than by feeding it instructions throughout your document. That is, the entire ToC is created (in general), using a single macro.