I'm using a \documentclass[11pt]{book} document.
I have tried to define a TOC with a maximum depth of 4 with:
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}
\tableofcontents
The resulting pdf document doesn't take into account my setting and goes to the deepest level in my TOC.
I have not see anything relevant in the console, but I'm really a novice in LaTeX.
The sectional levels are numbered starting from 0:
\chapteris level 0
\sectionis level 1
\subsectionis level 2
\subsubsectionis level 3
\paragraphis level 4
\subparagraphis level 5
If you want to number up to four levels, you need to set
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
The independent counter for the inclusion in the table of contents is tocdepth and respects the same values.
The complete truth is that there is also a level –1, which corresponds to \part. So for no numbering whatsoever, use \setcounter{secnumdepth}{-2} or a lower value.
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2} I have only subsections, and with \setcounter{tocdepth}{3} I get paragraphs and subparagraphs (and this is with fully nested subparagraphs, not the skip-a-level mechanism you just showed me) showing in the TOC. Trying to get subsubsections, without paragraphs. Do you know if amsbook does this differently?
Commented
Nov 13, 2014 at 18:29
\let\l@paragraph\l@subsubsection giving paragraphs the same depth as subsubsections. It should be \def\l@paragraph{\@tocline{4}{0pt}{1pc}{9pc}{}}
Commented
Nov 13, 2014 at 18:40
\chapter(level 0),\section(level 1),\subsection(2),\subsubsection(3) and\paragraph(4), including them in the table of contents, which is produced by\tableofcontentsand not by\makeindex. Please, try adding a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem.\paragraph). Try what happens if you use 0. If this doesn't change the toc then you probably reset the value somewhere else in your document.\chapterlevel was included in TOC, so for a depth of 4 like3.2.1.3I need to set the depth to 3.