Time for action – shortening the table of content entries
We will use the optional argument of the sectioning commands to produce shorter entries, different to the actual headings:
- Take our example and modify the sectioning commands as shown in the highlighted lines:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{blindtext} \usepackage[a4paper, inner=1.5cm, outer=3cm, top=2cm, bottom=3cm, bindingoffset=1cm]{geometry} \begin{document} \tableofcontents \chapter[Page layout]{Exploring the page layout} In this chapter we will study the layout of pages. \section[Filler text]{Some filler text} \blindtext \section[More]{A lot more filler text} More blindtext will follow. \subsection[Plenty]{Plenty of filler text} \blindtext[10] ...
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