Wrong page numbering(ToC-LoT)-Empty pages before ToC-

Question

First of all I am sorry for my not minimum WE. I will explain why it's not... I am creating a ToC in a book-class document. ToC starts at page iii(I am using roman numbering) and ends at iv. The ToC entry though indicates that ToC starts at iv.

Another issue is that before ToC there two blank pages(i,ii) but I don't know how to make them dissapear.

The last issue has to do with LoT. Despite including LoT before arabic page numbering, LoT starts on page 1. I tried \setcounter{page}{xi} but it is indicated that there is a number missing.

How can I resolve those issues. Here comes my WE(despite 8 errors pdf is produced). The reason why it's not MWE is that I wanted to add chapters and section in order to create a two page ToC.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{book}
\usepackage{kerkis}
\usepackage{units}
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage[Glenn]{fncychap}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\usepackage{tocloft}
\setlength\cftparskip{0pt}
\setlength\cftbeforesecskip{-5pt}
\setlength\cftbeforesubsecskip{-8pt}
\setlength\cftbeforechapskip{-1pt}
\setlength\cftaftertoctitleskip{-50pt}
 \setlength\cftbeforefigskip{-5pt}
\setlength\cftbeforetabskip{-5pt}
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\tocwithouttitle}{\@starttoc{toc}}
\makeatother
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\lofwithouttitle}{\@starttoc{lof}}
\makeatother
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\lotwithouttitle}{\@starttoc{lot}}
\makeatother
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
\renewcommand{\cftsecleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}}

\newcommand{\HRule}{\rule{\linewidth}{0.8mm}}

\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{figure}[H]
 \begin{center}
 \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{logo.jpg}
 \end{center}
 \end{figure}
 \begin {center}
 \large
{University\\Faculty\\Department\\Group}\\
\vspace{2cm}
\HRule\\ \vspace{0.7cm} \textbf{\LARGE Title}\\ \vspace{0.7cm}\HRule
\vspace{2cm}
{\La rge Author}\\ \vspace{2cm}
supervision\\
\vspace{2cm}
{\Large Prof\\
\Large Supervisor}\\ \vspace{4cm}
Month Year
\end{center}

\newpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
\mbox{}
\end{titlepage}

\pagenumbering{roman}

\textcolor{blue}{\chapter*{\contentsname}}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase{\contentsname}}{\MakeUppercase{\contentsname}}
\textcolor{blue}{\tocwithouttitle}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Contents}

\textcolor{blue}{\chapter*{Abstract}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase{Abstract}}{\MakeUppercase{Abstract}}

This is the abstract

\textcolor{blue}{\chapter*{Aknowledgements}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Aknowledgements}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase{Aknowledgements}}{\MakeUppercase{Aknowledgements}}

These are aknowledgements

\textcolor{blue}{\chapter*{LoF}}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase{LoF}}{\MakeUppercase{LoF}}
\textcolor{blue}{\lofwithouttitle}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LoF}

 \textcolor{blue}{\chapter*{LoT}}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase{LoT}}{\MakeUppercase{LoT}}
\textcolor{blue}{\lotwithouttitle}
%\setcounter{page}{xi}<----Error missing number/seems it doesn't accept roman like that
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LoT}

\pagenumbering{arabic}

\chapter{Introduction}

This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introductionThis is the introductionThis is the introductionThis is the introductionThis is the introductionThis is the introductionThis is the introductionThis is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.v.This is the introduction.This is the introductionThis is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the     introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.This is the introduction.

\newpage
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla  bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{intro}
bla bla bla\\

\newpage
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
 bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{intro}
bla bla bla\\

\newpage
\section{Intro}
 bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
 \section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{intro}
bla bla bla\\

 \newpage
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Intro}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{intro}
bla bla bla\\

\chapter{Theory}
This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.This is about theory.

 \newpage
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
 bla bla bla\\
 \section{Theo}
 bla bla bla\\
 \subsection{theo}
 bla bla bla\\

\newpage
\section{Theo}
 bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{theo}
 bla bla bla\\

\newpage
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{theo}
bla bla bla\\

\newpage
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Theo}
bla  bla bla\\
\se ction{Theo}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{theo}
bla  bla bla\\

\chapter{Experiment}
This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about  epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This  is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about  epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This  is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This  is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about  epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This  is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about  epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This  is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about  epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This  is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about  epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This  is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about  epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This    is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about     epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This     is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about     epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This    is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about epxeriment.This is about     epxeriment.

\newpage
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{exp}
bla bla bla\\

\newpage
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{exp}
bla bla bla\\

\newpage
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{exp}
bla bla bla\\

\newpage
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\section{Exp}
bla bla bla\\
\subsection{exp}
 bla bla bla\\

\end{document}

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My real ToC, with better spacing is that

Answer 1

I can't understand some things: (1) why putting the table of contents in the table of contents; (2) why trying to squeeze the table of contents in such a horrible way; (3) why using a different color for the front matter.

However, here's a way that makes also your input way easier.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{book}
\usepackage{kerkis}
\usepackage{units}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[Glenn]{fncychap}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\usepackage{tocloft}
\setlength\cftparskip{0pt}
\setlength\cftaftertoctitleskip{-50pt}

% VALUES BELOW ARE QUESTIONABLE
%\setlength\cftbeforesecskip{-5pt}
%\setlength\cftbeforesubsecskip{-8pt}
%\setlength\cftbeforechapskip{-1pt}
% \setlength\cftbeforefigskip{-5pt}
%\setlength\cftbeforetabskip{-5pt}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\MakeUppercase{#1}}{\MakeUppercase{#1}}}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[RE]{\slshape\color{\currentprintcolor}%
  \ifnum\value{chapter}>0 \MakeUppercase{\chaptername} \thechapter. \fi\leftmark}
\fancyhead[LO]{\slshape\color{\currentprintcolor}\rightmark}
\fancyhead[RO,LE]{\color{\currentprintcolor}\thepage}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
  \fancyhf{}\fancyfoot[C]{\color{\currentprintcolor}\thepage}
}
\setlength{\headheight}{13.5pt}

\newcommand{\currentprintcolor}{black}
\newenvironment{printinblue}
  {\cleardoublepage\renewcommand{\currentprintcolor}{blue}\color{blue}}
  {\cleardoublepage}

\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\withouttitle}[1]{\@starttoc{#1}}
\makeatother
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
\renewcommand{\cftsecleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}}

\newcommand{\HRule}{\rule{\linewidth}{0.8mm}}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter

\begin{titlepage}
 \begin{center}
 \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{logo.jpg}
 \end{center}
 \begin {center}
 \large
{University\\Faculty\\Department\\Group}\\
\vspace{2cm}
\HRule\\ \vspace{0.7cm} \textbf{\LARGE Title}\\ \vspace{0.7cm}\HRule
\vspace{2cm}
{\Large Author}\\ \vspace{2cm}
supervision\\
\vspace{2cm}
{\Large Prof\\
\Large Supervisor}\\ \vspace{4cm}
Month Year
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}


\begin{printinblue}

\chapter{\contentsname}
\withouttitle{toc}

\chapter{Abstract}

This is the abstract

\chapter{Acknowledgements}

These are acknowledgements

\chapter{\listfigurename}
\withouttitle{lof}

\chapter{\listtablename}
\withouttitle{lot}

\end{printinblue}

\mainmatter

\chapter{Introduction}

...    

\end{document}

If you could remove the "Glenn" chapter style I would be happier.

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Many things went wrong with your input. First of all, the page numbers: if you put \addcontentsline at the end of the list (after your \tocwithouttitle, to be precise), the referenced page is the last one.

Your usage of \textcolor is wrong: \textcolor{blue}{\tocwithouttitle} gives scores of errors, because LaTeX tries to typeset the table of contents in a horizontal box: just like \mbox{\tableofcontents} that can't work.

So the best way is to change the text color for the duration of the front matter, which I do with the printinblue environment. It's also necessary to modify the way headers and footers are typeset, so I load fancyhdr and do the necessary setting for getting the same output as with the standard book class setup.

Using \frontmatter frees you from manually inserting the marks and the references for the table of contents. Moreover it sets the page numbering to roman numerals automatically; with \mainmatter you select arabic numerals for the page numbers.