How do you create a contents page in LaTeX?

A table of contents is produced with the \tableofcontents command. You put the command right where you want the table of contents to go; LaTeX does the rest for you. Entries are taken from the Sectioning commands. \tableofcontents produces a heading, but it does not automatically start a new page.

How do I manually create a table of contents in LaTeX?

To do so, just add the \addcontentsline command, as shown in the above example. Important Note: Remember in order to make sure that the table of contents works properly, you need to compile your LaTeX document twice.

How do you start a section from 0 in LaTeX?

  1. Use \section*{Preface} \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Preface} .
  2. If you really want a 0 section, add this to the preamble: \setcounter{section}{-1} ; otherwise, do as Harish has suggested.

How do I add a section of a table of contents in LaTeX?

If you want to simply have a section that is not numbered, but still appears in your table of contents, just combine the use of the asterik in the sectioning command and the \addcontentsline command.

How do I add a section in TOC?

Select all the text in the section (this selection could cover several pages). Go to the Insert tab and select Bookmark. Give this bookmark a unique but meaningful name (I’ve called this one Section2), then click Add. NOTE: Bookmarks cannot have spaces.

How do I start page numbers after table of contents?

Start page numbering later in your document

  1. Go to Insert > Header or Footer > Edit Header or Edit Footer.
  2. Select Different First Page.
  3. In the header or footer area, you should see a label on the first page that says First Page Header.
  4. Select Close Header and Footer or press Esc to exit.

How do you start a new line in overleaf?

There are three commands here that work the same in the example:

  1. \\ (two backslashes)
  2. \newline.
  3. \hfill \break.