[Tugindia] Numbers inside margins

[E. Krishnan]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Sridhar M.A. wrote:

> I want to format a document with numbered headings in the following format:
> 
>     1. Intro
>      
>         The para(s) of text goes here.
> 
> 
> 100. Results
> 
>         Blah...blah
> 
> The numbers are to be justified within a specified box, so that the
> text is always aligned with the text in the para below.

This is a trick from the documentation of the "sectsty" package. 
Just include the following in your preamble:


  \makeatletter
    \def\@seccntformat#1{%
      \protect\makebox[0pt][r]{%
        \csname the#1\endcsname\quad}}
  \makeatother
 


-- 
Krishnan