automatic new page when using \tableofcontents etc

Question

I use \documentclass[12pt,openany]{book} on a MAC 10.9.2 running LaTeX TeXshop 3.35. How do I suppress the new page command which seems imbedded in the macros \tableofcontents, \listoffigures, \listoftables?

Thanks

Answer 1

This is not very usual. You can locally \let the \clearpage command internally used to be \relax:

\documentclass[12pt,openany] {book}

\begin{document}

\begingroup
\let\clearpage\relax
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables
\endgroup

\end{document}