Table of Contents in a Journal

Question

I have a problem with the numbering of items.

I own the items separately and do not know how to put it together, for the numbering, etc, etc.

I have several articles, and need to get an index should be done as follows

                               Contents

Name of the Article

Author of Article .......................................................Page Number

Name of the Article

Author of Article .......................................................Page Number

Name of the Article

Author of Article .......................................................Page Number

Etc, etc.

Thanks for your help

Answer 1

Use the combine class. The combine class can be used to turn a collection of independent *.tex files into a compilation. Here is an example:

main.tex

\documentclass[book]{combine}
\title{A Book Example Using the Combine Class}
\author{TeX.SX}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents

\chapter{Introduction}
I'm adding an introduction to this collection

\begin{papers}
    \coltoctitle{Hello, World}
    \coltocauthor{Tom Thompson}
    \label{doc1}
    \import{doc1} % this is doc1.tex; notice the lack of *.tex in the file name

    \coltoctitle{Farewell, everyone}
    \coltocauthor{John Johnson}
    \label{doc2}
    \import{doc2}
\end{papers}

\chapter{Acknowledgements}
\emph{You}, for asking this question on TeX.SX!

\end{document}

doc1.tex

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
\chapter{Introduction}
Hello, world! How are you?

This is the end of the first part.
\end{document}

doc2.tex

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
\chapter{Farewell}
Goodbye, World. I'll miss you.

This is the end of the second part.

\end{document}

Note that the \import{} command takes the name of the LaTeX file without the *.tex extension. See the documentation for combine for more information on how to use it.