\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\thispagestyle{empty}
\newpage
\section{Preface} %want section number to be 0
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\lipsum[1-3]
\newpage
\section{Start From Here}
\lipsum[1-5]
\section{And So On...}
\lipsum[1-5]
\end{document}
How do I get section numbering to start at 0?
Edit: I know I can do \section*{Preface}
, but that removes it from the ToC, which isn't what I want.
\section*{Preface} \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Preface}
.\setcounter{section}{-1}
; otherwise, do as Harish has suggested.\thispagestyle{empty}
because I want to clear out the header and footer, but I want to include a roman numeral on the preface. Is this possible?