Questions tagged [sectioning]
{sectioning} is about commands like \chapter or \section forming the logical structure of documents. For questions specifically about {parts}, {chapters} or lower-level commands ({sections-paragraphs}), add the respective tag to the more general {sectioning}. A popular package is {titlesec}.
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Functions with Expansion Protection when working with Section Headings
I would like to understand why defining new section heading would require function to have protection from expansion.
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Adding biblatex bibliography sections to table of contents
This post shows nicely how to create a sectioned bibliography with biblatex. However, the section titles do not appear automatically in the table of contents. Is there a parameter for the \...
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Section jumps to separate page [closed]
I have this page, which I add as a \phantomsection to my thesis project.
% !TeX root = ./main.tex
\clearpage
\newpage
\phantomsection
\pdfbookmark[0]{Abstract}{abstract}
\begin{center}
\LARGE \textbf{...
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Horizontal centering of section name
Consider, as a starting, point the code below.
I would like to have the multi-lined section name horizontally centered, but I have been unsuccessful.
This type of centering is to be applied only on ...
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Why are \subsubsection{} and \subsubsubsection{} not working in overleaf? [duplicate]
I'm trying to make my table of contents and the 2nd chapter, I would like to add \subsubsection to the \subsection but is not working. I tried \subsubsubsection and still not working. Any Ideas?
I ...
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Please help to rectify the cover pages for thesis related documents
I need to attach the supporting documents related to the thesis, each category under a separate title cover page. I have tried to make a basic format, however, it is not looking good. My code is dirty,...
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Numbering issue for subparagraph: Numbering of paragraph and subparagraph are the same
Is there any way to fix the numbering issue for subparagraph
\documentclass[a4paper]{jpconf}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\usepackage{multirow,tabularx}
\...
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Moving paragraph start to avoid clash with header
I have a document where paragraph-level headings are placed in the margins. I’ve implemented this using KOMAscript as in the following MWE:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\RedeclareSectionCommand[afterskip=...
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"Automatic Labelling" of (sub)(sub)sections does not work with math
I followed the code in this answer. (sub)(sub)sections. However, if there is any math in the (sub)(sub)section title it fails to work. This is probably expected, but is there a way to overcome this? ...
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Counter in sectioning
I am using TikZ to define my chapter and section style, but the numbering of sections resets after every chapter. I want to number my section continuous after chapters.
I use >remset.sty:
\...
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TexStudio getting error
Hello guys. I have a thesis template and when I try to add for example 1.2 Literature Review under Introduction Part of .toc file, I get this error. I try to edit it in thesis.toc file which I find it ...
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How to avoid content similar to titles appearing at the bottom of the page, hoping to automatically breakpage and appear on the second page
Let me first describe the effect I want. For the \section command, when there is text after it. The content in the \section will not appear at the bottom of the page. Below is an example code to ...
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Hide section contents via option to \section, \subsection, etc
Often, when I am editing a document, I have long sections that I am not working on at the moment. I want to hide such sections from the output document so that I can focus on the relevant part.
I know ...
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Unwanted indentation in framed section headings in LaTex Exam
I'm writing a document using Latex's Exam class where I'd like to make framed section headings, in order to reproduce a pre-existent document.
I was able to draw frames with titlesec package with the ...
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Make subsection and its content unbreackable
I'm writying a book in latex and faced a problem linked to the subsection content breacking.
I know, I have to show some minimal example, but it's very copmlicated to do it (but I will try a bit ...
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Error Message when Using Section and Subsection in Titlesec
I have converted a .docx file to .tex, and I am trying to create a running header. Looking through the forums, I have found some nice code to generate this header. Unfortunately, when I try to ...
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How do I increment section by 0.1 and subsection by 0.0.1?
This is my code
\documentclass[a4paper]{extbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, amsfonts}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{...
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How to start at Part 0 in LaTeX?
I have this code:
\setcounter{part}{-1}
to start part in my document at 0. It works, but the first part doesn't say 0.
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How to change the index of a certain section
I'm having a problem with numbering sections in my project. I want to remove a certain ordinal index, and then replace it with another number. For instance, I have 10 sections, which are normally ...
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How to set a colour gradient for all chapter headings?
How can I set the text colour of all chapters to the following gradient?
linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(254,122,58,1) 0%, rgba(218,60,152,1) 100%)
At first glance, the obvious choice would be the ...
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How do you make whitespace the afterskip of a runin subsubsection in KOMA script?
I want to set my afterskip so that after the title there would be a whitespace seperating the title and the paragraph. I'm using KOMA-script.
Minimum working example:
\documentclass{scrbook}
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Reorganise table of contents by section not chapter
I have my document in chronological order with a chapter a day. But the contents should be ordered by section, chapter, then subsection (i.e. Experiment-Date-Method). I cannot find a way of doing this ...
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Add space between section title and page number in toc
I desperately need help i tried and searched for everything but not even chatGPT was able to help me at this point maybe its just not possible please enlighten me.
So since some of my section have ...
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How to generate this structure of chapter /section /subsection tree like the example?
I like to have a structure like this (From Introduction chapter/section) [ Ignore the red boxes]
With the chapter looks like
However, what I am getting is this
The MWE for main file is
\...
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Using multicols, introduced by a subsection title, after a section heading leaves a blank page
Many articles on StackExchange show the same problem but none of the solutions works for me. I initialize a section environment and then a multicol environment, with a subsection header as an argument....
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Section design on even and odd pages
How can I display \section in a colored background that starts on one side of the page (odd pages = left and even pages = right) as in the image below.
Edit
From this code:
\documentclass{book}
\...
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Fancyheader section doesn't call unnumbered section name after reference section [duplicate]
Objective
Create a header for an unnumbered section after the references.
I've succeeded in doing this by manually adding {\titlefont\titleshape\nouppercase\markboth{\color{title}Supplemental}{\color{...
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Custom editing of subsection titles with hyperlinks in the table of contents
I redefined subsection titles, so the table of contents looks like this:
\documentclass[twoside, a4paper, 12pt, showtrims]{book}
%\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage[X2,T1,T2A]{fontenc}
\usepackage[...
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How to remove "0" from numbers of paragraphs when they are not in subsubsection
I'm trying to have numbered paragraphs:
\documentclass{article}
\newcounter{para}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
\begin{document}
\section{Lorum ipsum}
\subsection{Lorum ipsum}
\paragraph{} Lorum ipsum
\...
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How to define the chapter, section, paragraph with a custom numeration and normal-sized, bold embedded headings?
I have to write a seminar paper. It should have the following outline view:
A. (Big letters)
I. (Roman)
(Arabic)
a) (small letters with ")")
aa) (double small letters with ")")
(...
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Bibliography as unnumbered section
I am using memoir class and would like to have unnumbered References (with this title instead of Bibliography) at the end of each chapter.
This is my MWE:
\documentclass[12pt, openright, twoside, ...
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Reduce whitespace between words in section headings
I have a section title that must fit onto a single line, and it is maybe a few mm off from fitting. If I can figure out a way to reduce the amount of whitespace between each word in the section title, ...
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Scaling up a math symbol messes up toc
I am trying to scale up a greek letter inside a math formula. To do this, i follow this answer and use \scaleobj from the package scalerel
However, when I try to use an expression that includes my ...
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How to remove top margin from chapter heading in a custom macro?
I have created a custom margin for the automation of chapter creation of certain sections of me digitizing a book. I want to be able to remove the top margin from the chapter heading as i feel i ...
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Let \section{} command not pagebreak [duplicate]
EDIT: Fixed by knowing the difference between \include and \input!
I'm writing a paper but can only have 15 pages. A way for me to solve my problem of having too much text is letting the sections in ...
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Section and subsection formatting
I am using this academic CV template from Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/academic-cv-template/hvjpfjnyggbf. Please, consider that template as the MWE.
I want to modify the \...
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An extra bibliography section for recommended lectures
I've been asked now to add a "Recommended Lectures" section after the actual bibliography for my thesis. So, regardless whether I'm citing a reference in text or not, I must discern if it is ...
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frame number on progress bar between section titles and frame title - metropolis beamer
I would like to have frames structured as follows:
-- sections titles --
-- frame number fraction (at right-most end) ON a progress bar --
-- frame title --
-- frame content --
With metropolis, ...
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Can Anyone Tell which package is used here [closed]
I want to create something like this. Can anyone tell which packages are used here?
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Modular option for tikz lecture heading
I have a setup I use for lectures, for some lectures how would I be able to leave the date section empty and have the frame be built completely and not have a gap in the top. Any help would be greatly ...
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Alternate figure captions in appendix
In a paper with figures generated from simulations, I would like to specify the parameters used to run the simulations in an appendix section. How do I implement a command within each figure ...
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Setting hidden sections in beamer
I would like to hide some sections in Beamer so that I can adapt the presentation for different situations.
Notice that \section* hides the section from the table of contents, but the section still ...
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Asterisk in front of section in TOC
There is this question Add an asterisk in front of section label in TOC asking to find a way to put an asterisk (*) in front of the title of a specific section in the table of contents.
The goal is to ...
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cannot edit \sectionmark with titlesec
I want to have unumbered chapters/sections appearing in the headers, so I used titlesec and defined a pagestyle that only displays the chapter/section title in the left/right marks. Now, I want that ...
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How to make the last heading level 1 as running head at recto page in current page?
I'am facing an issue in recto page running head. Whenever there was more than one Heading level 1 on same recto page, last Heading level 1 was not updated in \@oddhead. Each time, I was manually ...
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Ensure that page break does not intervene between a section heading and a list
Is there an easy way to ensure that a page break will not intervene between a \section macro (or another similar macro) and an \itemize environment (or another similar environment)?
I have used ...
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Duplicating section title problem in table of contents
When the section or one of its subsections is removed, the next subsection is the one that gets its title duplicated, here is the code for this part of the project:
\section{Backend design}
\...
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How can I use titlesec to put a tcolorbox around a section title?
I'd like to redefine \section to produce something like the following: (requiring package tcolorbox)
\begin{tcolorbox}
1. \hspace*{\fill} Title of the Section \hspace*{\fill}
\end{tcolorbox}
I ...
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Changing the first argument of l@chapter
In the table of contents, I want the chapters to appear like
Chapter 1: Preface
and
Chapter 4: Advanced Topics
I tried to modify the \l@chapter command as shown in the MWE but what I get is ...
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Latex: How to ignore modifications of chapter headings in appendix?
I am writing in a document with this class:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,openright]{report}
I have made the following modification to the chapter headings:
\makeatletter
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
\...
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