\tableofcontents and \listoffigures -- suppress header after first page

Question

I have set the top and bottom margins of a book class document like this:

\setlength{\topmargin}{0in}
\setlength{\headheight}{0in}
\setlength{\headsep}{0in}
\setlength{\textheight}{8.5in}
\setlength{\footskip}{.5in}

and now the header of the \tableofcontents and \listoffigures clashes with (i.e. is printed over) the top line of text. I need to either suppress the headers for these pages (which are currently CONTENTS and LIST _OF_ FIGURES), or move them up the page a little bit. How is this done?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You could modify the page style, set \pagestyle{empty} before \tableofcontents, perhaps additionally for the first page if needed

\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\thispagestyle{empty}} 

or

\AtBeginDocument{\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\thispagestyle{empty}}}

in the preamble, or use plain.

Or use \markboth to clear the headings:

\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\markboth{}{}}
\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\markboth{}{}}