Can I set chapter numbering in book document class not start from 1? I want the chapter to start from 9. Can I do this to another environment like section or equation? I'm using LyX.
[Tex/LaTex] Start chapter numbering not from 1
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One possibility, using the titlesec, titletoc duo:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\normalfont\huge\bfseries}{}{0pt}{\Huge}
\renewcommand\thesection{\arabic{section}}
\titlecontents{chapter}
[0em]{\addvspace{10pt}\bfseries}
{}{}{\titlerule*[1000pc]{.}\contentspage}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{First Chapter}
\section{Test Section One}
\section{Test Section Two}
\chapter{Second Chapter}
\section{Test Section One}
\section{Test Section Two}
\end{document}
The ToC:
The initial page of the first chapter:
To have the subsubsections numbered you need to add to the preamble
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
and to include them in the ToC,
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
You will also probably need to redefine \thefigure and \thetable to suppress the chapter numbering.
Go to Document > Setting > Modules, and remove Number equation/figures by section.
Best Answer
\setcounter{chapter}{8}or\addtocounter{chapter}{8}should do the trick.Add one of these in an ERT (inserted with Ctrl + L, or Insert --> TeX Code) just before the chapter heading.