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Is it possible just to generate a table of contents based on sections in asterisk mode, i.e., \section*? I basically just want the table of contents without section numbers. Like a list of headings and their associated pages.
The following doesn't generate a ToC:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\subsection*{Section 1}
\subsection*{Section 2}
\end{document}
You don't have numbered sections, do you? In this case the simplest arrangement is
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0} % sections are level 1
\begin{document}
\section{First}
\section{Second}
No sectional unit below \section will be numbered, but sections and subsections will go anyway in the table of contents (as this depends on the value of the tocdepth counter, default 2).
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-2} will remove the numbering also for parts (and all levels below).
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0} in a special place?
Jan 22, 2014 at 18:26
The following is a manual way of adding entries to the table of contents by means of \addcontentsline:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section*{Section 1}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\protect\numberline{}Section 1}%
\section*{Section 2}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\protect\numberline{}Section 2}%
\end{document}
The reason for using \numberline{} is to allow for the traditional numbered space in the table of contents. If you're not interested in this numeric alignment, then you can drop the \protect\numberline{}.
Adapting DevSolar's answer from this question (clearing out the definition of \thesection), and assuming you don't really care if you use \section*, you just want to remove numbers from the headings and ToC entries:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\renewcommand{\thesection}{}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{A Section}
\section{Another Section}
\end{document}
\theX is a macro that prints the number of the current document division (where 'X' is chapter, section, subsection, etc.) Clearing it out prevents it from being printed. However, on further examination, this doesn't suppress the space between the number and the division title, and the section headings get indented more than I'd like. So I'd go with egreg's version instead.
Oct 3, 2011 at 3:23
what about using
\addsec{}
instead of
\section*{}
article class, and I think \addsec is only available in the KOMA classes.
\addsec needs a KOMA script class and ideally a short example document demonstrating its use and effects (based on the MWE in the question) this could be a great answer.