[LaTeX] include the word "table" in List of Tables, "Appendix" in Table of Contents, etc.

Question

I need to include the word "Table" at the beginning of each line in my List of Tables. That is, instead of:

  LIST OF TABLES
 1   The first table   ........... 10
 2   The second table  ........... 20

I need it to say:

  LIST OF TABLES
 Table 1   The first table   ........... 10
 Table 2   The second table  ........... 20

Yes, I know that's ugly, but those are the rules.

I also need the Table of contents to say:

  Table of Contents
 1  The first Chapter             ...... 1

 Appendices

 Appendix A  The A appendix     ........  10

Any idea how to do this in a simple and consistent manner?

Answer 1

To answer your three questions:

1. Table prefix in list of tables, put the following in your preamble:

   \usepackage{tocloft}

   \newlength\tablelen

   \settowidth\tablelen{Table}

   \addtolength\cfttabnumwidth{\tablelen}

   \renewcommand\cfttabpresnum{Table }

2. To have "Appendices" appear in your table of contents, put the following just after your call to \appendix:

   \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Appendices}

3. To have "Appendix" as a prefix for each appendix in the table of contents, see:

http://for.mat.bham.ac.uk/pgweb/thesisfiles/bhamthesisman.pdf http://for.mat.bham.ac.uk/pgweb/thesisfiles/bhamthesis.dtx

in particular, search for his \renewcommand{\appendix} in which addtocontents is changed.