LA_Tech_thesis.lot

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\contentsline {table}{\numberline {3.1}{\ignorespaces A sample table. If there are no tables, comment out the $\setminus $include$\{ $tables$\} $ command in phd\relax $\@@underline {\hbox {\nobreakspace {}}}\mathsurround \z@ $\relax thesis.tex. {\em Note how the "include" spills too far to the right in the list of figures. This type of margin infraction must be corrected manually.} \relax }}{9}
\contentsline {table}{\numberline {3.2}{\ignorespaces Another sample table and another fun rule: Entries in the list of tables/figures should have at least 3 dots in the dotted line between entry and page number. Unless there is an unfortunate spill, which would need to be fixed anyway, \LaTeX \ should do this automatically. \relax }}{9}
So the entries above would need to be fixed by rewording to eliminate the spills. (And entries like this one are not permissible.) \\ \nobreakspace {}\\ 
Also note that to shrink the gap between the dotted line and the end of the entry, you should put the closing parenthesis $\} $ of the caption command right after the last work of the caption, not on the next line. Compare the entries for Table \ref {tablelabel} (bad) and for Figure \ref {batgull2} on the next page. 
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