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I'm using classicthesis for my dissertation. By default the TOC begins with "List of Figures", "List of Tables", and "Listings" as can be seen in the Contents.tex source file.

I would like the TOC to list "Dedication", "Acknowledgements", "Foreword", and "Abstract" before "List of Figures", etc.

I have attempted to do this by adding the following code just before the code for "List of Figures" in Contents.tex.

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Dedication}
\pdfbookmark[1]{Dedication}{Dedication}

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}
\pdfbookmark[1]{Acknowledgements}{Acknowledgements}

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Foreword}
\pdfbookmark[1]{Preface}{Foreword}

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
\pdfbookmark[1]{Abstract}{Abstract}

This places these four entries into the TOC in the correct position, but they all get assigned the same page number: the roman page number that immediately follows the TOC (the same page number as "List of Figures").

How do I get the TOC to recognize the correct roman page numbers of these four preceding chapters?

Thanks.

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    Welcome to TeX.SX! You need \clearpage\phantomsection before \addcontentsline (and no \pdfbookmark). – egreg Jul 29 '13 at 20:00
  • Thank you, egreg. I just tried this and it made no change to my TOC. Do you suppose that I need some labeling code in each of my four chapter files, e.g., Dedication.tex? – Andrew Sundstrom Jul 29 '13 at 20:04
  • Compile another time: changes to the .toc file are obeyed after two runs of LaTeX. – egreg Jul 29 '13 at 20:14
  • I tried this too; no change. To clarify, these are my four code lines now: \clearpage\phantomsection\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Dedication} \clearpage\phantomsection\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements} \clearpage\phantomsection\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface} \clearpage\phantomsection\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract} – Andrew Sundstrom Jul 29 '13 at 20:18
  • The \clearpage... commands should go before the dedication, acknowledgment and so on. – egreg Jul 29 '13 at 20:31
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You should do, for instance,

\cleardoublepage
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}

\chapter*{Acknowledgments}

Text of the acknowledgments.

A simpler way, when using as base class scrbook or scrreprt, is to say

\addchap{Acknowledgments}

that does automatically the addition to the table of contents (hyperref takes care of the bookmarks).

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