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Really simple question: I want to align the "Table of Contents" heading to the left, not the actual list of contents, the "Table of Contents" heading.

This is what I have:

\documentclass[envcountsame]{llncs} \usepackage{llncsdoc} \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{acronym} \usepackage{url} \usepackage{verbatim} \hypersetup{ colorlinks, citecolor=black, filecolor=black, linkcolor=black, urlcolor=black } \setcounter{tocdepth}{3} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{3} \makeatletter \renewcommand*\l@author[2]{} \renewcommand*\l@title[2]{} \makeatletter \title{...} \author{...} \begin{document} \begin{center} \email{...} \end{center} \begin{abstract} Abstract here \end{abstract} \addtocontents{toc}{\vskip -1cm} \begingroup \let\clearpage\relax \tableofcontents* \endgroup ... \end{document}

Right now, it looks like this:

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I want the title "Table of Contents" to be left-aligned, just like "1 - Introduction". How can I do it?

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    Which class of document do you use? Commented Nov 7, 2015 at 22:23
  • Welcome! By default, it is formatted as an unnumbered chapter (for book) or section (for article) etc. So you need to show us the code you are using to make it come out non-default. Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 0:01
  • Right, sorry! I edited the question Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 11:06
  • You are submitting to Lecture notes in computer science, are you sure you are allowed to do any layout changes? Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 11:07
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    Are you sure that you need to include llncsdoc? Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 11:09

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I suggest you load the tocloft package (\usepackage{tocloft}) and issue the instruction

\renewcommand{\cfttoctitlefont}{\Large\bfseries}

in the preamble. To change the font size choose, e.g., \huge or \large instead of \Large.

Here's the full code that aligns the Table of Contents header to the left. (Note that while the header if flush-left, the entries are indented by a certain amount -- which is the default with or without the tocloft package.)

\documentclass[envcountsame]{llncs} \usepackage{llncsdoc,graphicx,acronym,url,verbatim} \usepackage{tocloft} \renewcommand{\cfttoctitlefont}{\Large\bfseries} \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} \hypersetup{colorlinks,allcolors=black} \setcounter{tocdepth}{3} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{3} %\makeatletter %\renewcommand*\l@author[2]{} %\renewcommand*\l@title[2]{} %\makeatletter %\title{...} %\author{...} \begin{document} %\begin{center} %\email{...} %\end{center} \begin{abstract} Abstract here \end{abstract} \addtocontents{toc}{\vskip -1cm} \begingroup \let\clearpage\relax \tableofcontents \endgroup \bigskip\hrule % just to illustrate width of text block \section{A} \section{B} \end{document}
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  • I can't load the tocloft package, I always get an error Undefined control sequence. l.2 \authcount. Do I need to include it in a specific part of the preamble ? Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 11:33
  • @riotvan - It should be loaded before hyperref. Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 11:49
  • Nope, still get the same error. Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 12:28
  • @riotvan - I'm afraid I don't have access to the file llncsdoc.sty. Where might it be obtained from? Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 14:17
  • you can get the styles here: springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0, its the llncs2e.zip file Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 15:00

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