\documentclass{article} \setlength\textheight{5cm} \setlength\textwidth{5cm} \setlength\oddsidemargin{0cm} \usepackage[writepages]{grfpaste} \pagestyle{headings} \def\xa{aa bb cc dd ee } \def\xb{\xa\xa\xa\xa\xa\xa\par\xa\xa\xa} \begin{document} \tableofcontents \section{Intro} \xb \section{More} \xb \begin{table} \begin{tabular}{|ll|} aaa&bbb\\ aaa&bbb\\ aaa&bbb\\ \end{tabular} \caption{test one} \end{table} \begin{table} \begin{tabular}{|ll|} 1&2\\ 3&4\\ 5&6\\ \end{tabular} \caption{test two} \end{table} \section{Yet more} \xb\xb \end{document}