[Tugindia] Re: changing section counter display

[amitabhtrehan at softhome.net]

Herbert Voss writes: 

thanks a lot. this should work  though I can't try out for a week since I am 
away. 

Amitabh 

> 
> maybe this helps 
> 
> Herbert 
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> \def\thechapter{4}
> \renewcommand{\thesection}{\thechapter.\arabic{section}}
> \makeatletter
> % for a better looking TOC
> \renewcommand*\l at section{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}}
> \renewcommand*\l at subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{3.8em}{3.2em}}
> \makeatother
> \begin{document}
> \tableofcontents
> \section{Introduction}
> blah
> \section{Objectives}
> blah
> \section{Keyboard}
> \subsection{QWERTY}
> blah
> \end{document} 
> 
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