customization of TOC

Question

How to set a TOC in which only appears sections without subsections?

EDIT: And on the beginning of a new section it shows only the content of it without displaying the header?

MWE:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\useoutertheme{infolines}
\author{Co.}
\title{Work Culture}
\AtBeginSubsection[]
{
\begin{frame}<beamer>
\frametitle{Outline}
\tableofcontents[
  currentsection
]
\end{frame}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Plan}
  \tableofcontents
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
\titlepage
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Any good suggestion, please?

Thanks a lot!

By the way, your example doesn't contain a \tableofcontents, nor any \sections or \subsections, which isn't helpful. — Werner, May 02 '14 at 22:42
@Werner, I've updated my post. That've worked, but, what about the second question? — dgs, May 02 '14 at 22:45
Are you referring to the general ToC or to the partial ToCs produced with \AtBeginSubsection? — Gonzalo Medina, May 02 '14 at 22:47
Another question. What do you mean "it shows only the content of it without displaying the header?" Which header? What is "the content of it"? — Gonzalo Medina, May 02 '14 at 22:49
@GonzaloMedina, the header of each page contains sections and subsections, like this. So, the partial Toc needs to display the current section and its subsections. — dgs, May 02 '14 at 22:51
@dgs: Please put some thought into your question rather than making the community guess what you're after. A clear, thought-out minimal working example (MWE) that highlights your current problems would really be beneficial to the community. — Werner, May 02 '14 at 22:51
@Werner, sorry but I'm trying my best. I'm beginner on this, I can not see clearly notions. — dgs, May 02 '14 at 22:52
@dgs: That's when images come in handy. Compile some of your code, take a screen grab and draw it full of arrows and pointers to highlight what is going on and what should be going on instead. — Werner, May 02 '14 at 22:53
Now I am confused. in your question you said "How to set a TOC in which only appears sections without subsections?" and in a comment "the partial Toc needs to display the current section and its subsections." Do you want subsections in the partial ToCs or not? — Gonzalo Medina, May 02 '14 at 22:55
@GonzaloMedina, The first question is for the general ToC which appears on after of the title page. And the second one is for the partial ToC which appears before each new reached section. — dgs, May 02 '14 at 22:57
@dgs I provided an answer below. Is it something like that what you need? — Gonzalo Medina, May 02 '14 at 23:15

Gonzalo Medina · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-03T01:08:21.037

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If I understood the question correctly, then the following settings will do what you want.

Using

\tableofcontents[hideallsubsections]

the general ToC shows only the section entries. The settings

\AtBeginSection[]
{
  \begingroup
  \setbeamertemplate{headline}{}
  \addtobeamertemplate{frametitle}{\vskip-1.75ex}{}
  \begin{frame}<beamer>
  \frametitle{Outline}
  \tableofcontents[sectionstyle=show/hide,subsectionstyle=show/show/hide]
  \end{frame}
  \endgroup
}

will make the partial ToCs (at the beginning of each section) show only the current section and its subsection; the headline is locally suppressed for the partial ToCs and the frametitle is shifted vertically so it starts at the top of the frame.

A complete example:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\useoutertheme{infolines}
\author{Co.}
\title{Work Culture}
\AtBeginSection[]
{
  \begingroup
  \setbeamertemplate{headline}{}
  \addtobeamertemplate{frametitle}{\vskip-1.75ex}{}
  \begin{frame}<beamer>
  \frametitle{Outline}
  \tableofcontents[sectionstyle=show/hide,subsectionstyle=show/show/hide]
  \end{frame}
  \endgroup
}
\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{General Outline}
\tableofcontents[hideallsubsections]
\end{frame}

\section{Test section one}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection one one}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection one two}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection one three}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\section{Test section two}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection two one}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection two two}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection two three}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\section{Test section three}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection three one}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection three two}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection three three}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\end{document}

An image of the general ToC:

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An image of one of the partial ToCs (the one at the beginning of the second section):

enter image description here

edited May 03 '14 at 01:08

answered May 02 '14 at 23:00

Gonzalo Medina

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I don't know why pdflatex is taking too long to compile. Just a second I'll check the render. – dgs May 02 '14 at 23:18
I'm not getting the subsections ! – dgs May 02 '14 at 23:23
In fact, I'm using your first posted code. – dgs May 02 '14 at 23:24
@dgs My answer is independent of the theme used, so that's not a problem here. Where are you not getting the subsections in the general ToC or in the partial ones? Don't forget that you need to compile your document twice. – Gonzalo Medina May 02 '14 at 23:26
In the partial ones. I've compiled it twice. – dgs May 02 '14 at 23:26
@dgs As my example shows, subsections will show. If this is not the case for you, please edit your question and add there a simple example document (like the one in my answer) showing the problem. Also please attach an image of one of the partial ToCs that you are getting. – Gonzalo Medina May 02 '14 at 23:30
Oh it was because of this line \setcounter{tocdepth}{1}. Then how do I to set display only sections on the general ToC if I remove this to get the wondered render? – dgs May 02 '14 at 23:38
@dgs Please see my code. All you need for the general ToC is \tableofcontents[hideallsubsections]. – Gonzalo Medina May 02 '14 at 23:41
@dgs You're welcome. I updated my answer adding \addtobeamertemplate{frametitle}{\vskip-1.75ex}{} so the title in the partial ToC starts at the top. Change -1.75ex according to your needs. – Gonzalo Medina May 02 '14 at 23:46
Sorry, I've another question, in the same context : Is it possible to set some spaces between the section names in the partial toc? – dgs May 03 '14 at 09:14
@dgs feel free to ask a fresh new question. – Gonzalo Medina May 03 '14 at 14:45
Would you please help me on this? – dgs May 04 '14 at 22:27
@dgs Yes, of course. I've provided an answer. – Gonzalo Medina May 04 '14 at 22:39

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