[Tex/LaTex] Remove Automatic Indent on Chapter Title

chapters

I am creating the format for my document and trying to set up the chapter/section/subsection etc.

When using the \chapter command the title is automatically indented. How do I make the chapter title move to the left of the page?

\documentclass[titlepage]{article} 

\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{fancyhdr} 

\begin{document}

\chapter{\Large \bf CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION}

\section{}
\subsection{First Section}

\end{document}

I would Like it to say "CHAPTER1: INTRODUCTION" on the left of the page, and below that say "1.1 First Section".

Best Answer

article doesn't have a \chapter command, so what's happening is that this text is being treated as a new paragraph.

really, you're not using the article markup at all. since putting in null \section won't do any harm, i'm just going to suggest that you enter your title as

\noindent{\Large \bfseries CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION}

oh, and \maketitle doesn't do anything here without a title.

someone else will no doubt suggest that you use a package to modify the heading formats. (i'm a bit of a renegade, and don't usually use packages for that sort of modification, so i don't know the package facilities without looking them up. and my method for making such changes is too arcane to spring on someone with little experience.)

what i do recommend, however, is that you read up on the report class. that has \chapter and the rest of the structural headings defined, so it fits more closely what you seem to have in mind here. and then look into other packages for adapting the format of the headings.

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