Addcontentsline and the page number in the TOC

[Arunaman]

Hello,

I segmented my document in parts and I want the appendices to start
with a blank page just mentioning "Appendices", in the same lay-out as
the part titles. So I inserted the following command:

\part*{Appendices}
\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Appendices}

This "Appendices" page then appears at p. 83 and the real text
(Appendix A) starts at p. 85. However, in the table of contents appears
the following:

Appendices...............85
Appendix A...............85

instead of the desired

Appendices...............83
Appendix A...............85

[Lars Madsen]

Post by Arunaman
Hello,
I segmented my document in parts and I want the appendices to start
with a blank page just mentioning "Appendices", in the same lay-out as
\part*{Appendices}
\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Appendices}
This "Appendices" page then appears at p. 83 and the real text
(Appendix A) starts at p. 85. However, in the table of contents appears
Appendices...............85
Appendix A...............85
instead of the desired
Appendices...............83
Appendix A...............85

that's because \part contains a \cleardoublepage which is executed before your
\addcontentsline

You will basically need to create a \appendixpage macro (the memoir class
actually has one), where you copy the definitions from the unnumbered definition
for \part and make the nessesary changes.

But you didn't mention which document class you're using ...

[Ulrike Fischer]

Post by Arunaman
Hello,
I segmented my document in parts and I want the appendices to start
with a blank page just mentioning "Appendices", in the same lay-out as
\part*{Appendices}
\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Appendices}
This "Appendices" page then appears at p. 83 and the real text
(Appendix A) starts at p. 85. However, in the table of contents appears
Appendices...............85
Appendix A...............85
instead of the desired
Appendices...............83
Appendix A...............85

In some classes \part* makes some empty pages at the end. The
\addtocontents is on the wrong page.

Depending on the class used something like this could work:

\cleardoublepage
\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Appendices}
\part*{Appendices}

[Heiko Oberdiek]

Post by Arunaman
\part*{Appendices}
\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Appendices}

\cleardoublepage
% \phantomsection if hyperref is used
\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Appendices}
\part*{Appendices}

Yours sincerely
Heiko <***@uni-freiburg.de>

[Arunaman]

Problem solved. Thanks a lot!!