As for my thesis, I asked today here but I still cannot use it because there are other packages and commands I need to modify the tables of contents. So here is the full minimum working template. I just want to make the chapter title in tocs to be All capital letters like "IV. TEST". Sorry for the long one.
%!TEX TS-program = pdflatex
\documentclass[fontsize=12pt]{report}
\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage[showframe,paperwidth=8.5in,paperheight=11in,top=1in,textwidth=5.8in,bottom=1in,left=1.25in,right=1.25in,footskip=0.3in]{geometry}% This is the page layout.
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{afterpage}
\newif\ifintoc
\newcommand*{\PrintChapterTocHeadline}
{\hbox to \linewidth{\textbf{Chapter}\hfill\textbf{Page}}\bigskip
\SetupNextPageOne}
\newcommand*{\SetupNextPageOne}
{\afterpage {\ifintoc\PrintChapterTocHeadline\fi}}
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\PrintChapterTocHeadline}
\newif\ifinlof
\newcommand*{\PrintChapterLofHeadline}
{\hbox to \linewidth{\textbf{Figure}\hfill\textbf{Page}}\bigskip
\SetupNextPage}
\newcommand*{\SetupNextPage}
{\afterpage {\ifinlof\PrintChapterLofHeadline\fi}}
\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\PrintChapterLofHeadline}
\renewcommand{\contentsname}{\fontsize{16pt}{18pt}\selectfont {\centerline{TABLE OF CONTENTS}}}
\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{\fontsize{16pt}{18pt}\selectfont {\centerline{LIST OF FIGURES}}}
\renewcommand{\cftchapfont}{\bfseries\MakeUppercase}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand*\l@chapter{\@dottedtocline{0}{1em}{2.3em}}
\renewcommand*\l@section{\@dottedtocline{1}{3.3em}{2.3em}}
\renewcommand*\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{5.6em}{2.3em}}
\renewcommand*\l@subsubsection{\@dottedtocline{3}{7.0em}{4.1em}}
\makeatother \usepackage[pdftex,colorlinks,bookmarksnumbered,citecolor=blue,linkcolor=magenta,menucolor=black,pdftoolbar=false,urlcolor=DeepSkyBlue,pdftitle={Comprehensive Exam},pdfauthor={Thein Htay Oo},pdfsubject={Physics},pdfstartview=Fit,pdfdisplaydoctitle=true,pdfpagelayout=SinglePage]{hyperref}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\makeatletter
\def\ttl@mkchap@i#1#2#3#4#5#6#7{%
\ttl@assign\@tempskipa#3\relax\beforetitleunit
\vspace{-\@tempskipa}%<<<<<< REMOVE THE * AFTER \vspace
\global\@afterindenttrue
\ifcase#5 \global\@afterindentfalse\fi
\ttl@assign\@tempskipb#4\relax\aftertitleunit
\ttl@topmode{\@tempskipb}{%
\ttl@select{#6}{#1}{#2}{#7}}%
\ttl@finmarks % Outside the box!
\@ifundefined{ttlp@#6}{}{\ttlp@write{#6}}}
\makeatother
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\pretocmd{\@sect}{\singlespacing}{}{}
\pretocmd{\@ssect}{\singlespacing}{}{}
\apptocmd{\@sect}{\doublespacing}{}{}
\apptocmd{\@ssect}{\doublespacing}{}{}
\makeatother
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
\renewcommand \thesection{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{section}}
\renewcommand \thesubsection{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\rmdefault}
\titleformat*{\section}{\singlespacing\fontsize{14}{18}\bfseries\rmfamily}
\titleformat*{\subsection}{\singlespacing\fontsize{12}{14}\bfseries\rmfamily}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display] {\singlespacing\rmfamily\fontsize{16pt}{19pt}\bfseries}
{\MakeUppercase{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}\filcenter}{10pt}{\centering\uppercase}
{\fontsize{14pt}{16pt}\filcenter}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{30pt}
\doublespacing
\renewcommand\thefigure{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{figure}}
\begin{document}
\pagenumbering{Roman}
\begin{center}
\topskip0pt
\vspace*{\fill}
ype dedication here, if any. Otherwise, delete this page.
\vspace*{\fill}
\end{center}
\pagebreak
\restoregeometry
\begingroup\intoctrue
\setlength{\cftbeforetoctitleskip}{-2.5em}
\tableofcontents
\endgroup
\begingroup\inloftrue
\newpage
\setlength{\cftbeforeloftitleskip}{-2.5em}
\listoffigures
\endgroup
\restoregeometry
\newpage
\setcounter{page}{1}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{test}
\section{Test}
\section{Test}
\chapter{Test}
\section{Test}
\begin{figure}
\caption{ms expected.}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\caption{ms expected.}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\caption{ms expected.}
\end{figure}
\chapter{Test}
\section{Test}
\section{Test}
\section{Test}
\chapter{test}
\section{Test}
\section{Test}
\chapter{Test}
\section{Test}
\chapter{Test}
\section{Test}
\chapter{Test}
\section{Test}
\chapter{Test}
\section{Test}
\chapter{Test}
\section{Test}
\end{document}
graphicxtwice. You probably should not usegeometrywithscrreport. (In addition to the comments on the other post re. incompatibilities.) Could you explain why you can't use that solution? What happens?titlesecis incompatible withhyperrefaccording tohyperref. Could you simplify your configuration by usingkoma-scriptpackages and config where possible? For example, could you usetocstyleto format the list of figures? And similarly to replacegeometryetc.? I suggest this because I think it is going to be hard to keep control of things with so many incompatible packages flying around. I guess the main issue ishyperref. But things liketitlesecsit badly with several other things you are using.titlesecshould be fine withreportthoughhyperrefsays it is incompatible. Also,reportwill be fine withgeometryetc. I thinkreportis probably a better choice here as it will be less likely to compete with your customisation.geometrycan be used with KOMA-Script. One should leave outDIVoption and othertypeareathings then.