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So I'm writing a report using Latex and the document class I am using is report: \documentclass[a4paper]{report}
But for some reason the section numbering is written so that it is preceded with "0.", for example it looks like:
0.1 Introduction
0.2 Theory
0.3 Experimental Method
and so on.
Can somebody help me get rid of those zeros so that it appears how it is supposed to be?
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If you'd prefer your sections, subsection, and so forth to be displayed without numbers on the left side of the title, you simply add a * symbol to the command. (Note that section headings created this way will not be listed in the table of contents \tableofcontents.)
LaTeX lets you change the appearance of the sectional units. As a simple example, you can change the section numbering to upper-case letters with \renewcommand\thesection{\Alph{section}} in the preamble (see \alph \Alph \arabic \roman \Roman \fnsymbol : Printing counters).
Use \section*{Preface} \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Preface} . If you really want a 0 section, add this to the preamble: \setcounter{section}{-1} ; otherwise, do as Harish has suggested.
So, a specific chapter or section number can be specified by manipulating the value inside this counter. The value in these counters can be set by using the \setcounter command. The same technique can be used with section and subsection numbering to set specific numbers.
report assumes you'll be using \chapters as your main sectional unit. As such, all sectional units are marked "relative" to the \chapter counter. Specifically, \section counters are set using \thechapter.\arabic{section}. Either use
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
to remove any reference of \chapters, or add
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section}}
to your document preamble.
The former would have greater impact on the actual output, as the setting of a \title and possibly the layout may be different. The latter would just remove the \chapter counter from being printed with every \section (and lower-level section unit).
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