How do I change the spacing between the number and the title of a section? I would like to have the following:
1.(1cm space)Section name
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The "1.", "(1cm space)" and "Section name" are each components of the sectional command and, the titlesec package provides commands for manipulating this, and much more. Specifically, titlesec provides
\titleformat{<command>}[<shape>]{<format>}{<label>}{<sep>}{<before-code>}[<after-code>]
to change the format of a sectional title. You could use the latter in the following way:
\usepackage{titlesec}% Http://ctan.org/pkg/titlesec
...
\titleformat{\section}{\bfseries\sffamily\large}{\thesection.}{\hspace{1cm}}{}%
which typesets \section in \bfseries (bold), \sffamily (sans serif) and \large, with a period . after the section number \thesection, followed by a 1cm gap and then the title. This is what it looks like if you only modify the \section format as given above:
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Using
titlesecwith a KOMA-Script class (see the koma-script tag of the question) is not longer recommended. – Schweinebacke Jun 5 '17 at 8:56
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This adjusts the space for all section headings, and also for sub(sub)sections to 1cm:
\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\@seccntformat}[1]{\csname the#1\endcsname\hspace{1cm}}
\makeatother
You can modify this redefinition as you desire. It works with KOMA-Script classes as well, as I notice your koma-script tag.
answered Aug 17 '11 at 21:23
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1Thanks for your answer. Is there any way to make \hspace{1cm} start at the beginning of the line rather than after the section number? – Moked Aug 24 '11 at 13:32
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@Sebastian: I also have Sebastian's question - did you find a solution? – Christoph Mar 22 '12 at 10:54
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Ha, found the solution. You will find that using
\renewcommand*{\@seccntformat}[1]{\hbox to 1cm{\csname the#1\endcsname}}will do the trick. – Christoph Mar 22 '12 at 11:19 -
@Christoph Use
\renewcommand*\sectionformat{\makebox[1cm][l]{\thesection\autodot \hfil}}. – esdd Jun 5 '17 at 19:42
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With a KOMA-Script class you can redefine the KOMA-Script command \sectionformat:
\renewcommand*\sectionformat{\thesection\autodot\hspace{1cm}}
Example:
\documentclass{scrbook}
\renewcommand*\sectionformat{\thesection\autodot\hspace{1cm}}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\chapter{A chapter}
\lipsum[1]
\section{A section}
\lipsum[2]
\subsection{A subsection}
\lipsum[3]
\section{Another section}
\lipsum[4]
\end{document}
Note that this suggestion needs at least KOMA-Script version 3.17. Current version is 3.23.
Because of the comments to Stephans answer: If there should be a static width of eg. 1cm for the section number including the space, then
\renewcommand*\sectionformat{\makebox[1cm][l]{\thesection\autodot\hfil}}
can be used.
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And if number and space should have static width (see the comment to Johannes' answer), e.g., again
\renewcommand*\sectionformat{\makebox[1cm][l]{\thesection\autodot\hfil}}can be used. – Schweinebacke Jun 5 '17 at 9:00
