Editing the style of chapters, sections, subsections, etc and add a chapter outline, along with a brief content section

Question

I found this Algebra and Trigonometry crash course pdf, and I really like the style.

Could someone give me tips or links to websites that teach you how to create chapters, sections, subsections, etc?

Also, how do you create the chapter outline? Is there a command, or do I have to create it? For the Brief Contents and Table of Contents, the Brief Contents just gives you a summary of all the chapters, and the Table of Contents gives you a list of all the chapters, sections, subsections, etc. I know how to create the Table of Contents. You use the \tableofcontents command, but how do I create the Brief Contents?

Answer 1

A way to do this without package is probably create another toc file (e.g. *.btoc) by define a new command \brieftoc. And patch the \@chapter command to add only chapter entries to *.btoc. Then you can print the brief contents table using command \brieftoc. Other options you could take a look minitoc, tocloft, titletoc package.

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\brieftoc{%
    \if@twocolumn
      \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
    \else
      \@restonecolfalse
    \fi
    \chapter*{\bcontentsname
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\bcontentsname}{\MakeUppercase\bcontentsname}}%
    \@starttoc{btoc}%
    \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
    }
\patchcmd{\@chapter}{\chaptermark{#1}}{\addcontentsline
{btoc}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{\thechapter}#1}\chaptermark{#1}}{}{}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\bcontentsname}{Brief Contents}
\usepackage{duckuments}
\begin{document}
\brieftoc
\tableofcontents
\duckument
\duckument
\end{document}