[Tex/LaTex] Hide section numbers, but keep numbering

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How do I hide section number in section heading ? I can't just use \section*{xxxx}, because I want subsections numbered correctly. I also tried :

\section*{xxxx}  
\stepcounter{xxxx}

Which hides section number and keeps subsection numbers. Unfortunately this solution also hides section in table of contents, which is undesirable.

Next attempt was :

\chapter{}
\section*{xxxx}
\addtocounter{section}{1}

However this made numbering of subsections continue on and on instead of reseting at new section.
So what can I do to make it behave as normal, just not showing section numbers ? Thanks!

Best Answer

I think your best bet is to redefine \thesection, which is the macro that normally prints the section number.

\renewcommand\thesection{}

If you want subsection numbers to include the section numbers that aren't getting printed, you will also need to redefine \thesubsection, which normally calls \thesection:

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\thesection{}
\renewcommand\thesubsection{\@arabic\c@section.\@arabic\c@subsection}
\makeatother

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[Tex/LaTex] How to contain the numbering of subsections to a section

The second part of your question to change the number formatting just requires the addition of the braces in:

\renewcommand\thesubsection{(\alph{subsection})}

The reason the subsection numbers are not being reset is that you are using \section*. So, here is one not so automated way to fix that: Use \setcounter{subsection}{0} to reset the subsection counter:

\documentclass[12pt, titlepage]{article}
\begin{document}

\renewcommand\thesection{\arabic{section}}
\renewcommand\thesubsection{(\alph{subsection})}
\renewcommand\thesubsubsection{\roman{subsubsection}}

\section*{Question 1}
\subsection{}
\subsection{}
\subsection{}

\section*{Question 2}\setcounter{subsection}{0}
\subsection{}
\subsection{}
\subsection{}

\end{document}

Alternatively, you could simply use \section instead of \section*:

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\documentclass[12pt, titlepage]{article}
\begin{document}

\renewcommand\thesection{Question \arabic{section}}
\renewcommand\thesubsection{(\alph{subsection})}
\renewcommand\thesubsubsection{\roman{subsubsection}}

\section{}
\subsection{}
\subsection{}
\subsection{}

\section{}
\subsection{}
\subsection{}
\subsection{}

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Hide section number for a specific section

You can use \stepcounter{section} which will increment the section counter by one, as demonstrated below

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\section{Regular section}
\lipsum[1]

\stepcounter{section}
\section*{Starred section}
\subsection{Subsection}\label{ssec:test}

Here is a reference to subsection \ref{ssec:test}
\end{document}

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