+-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LaTeX Note 006 jodys@helluin.org | | Chapters and Sections 9/11/2010 | | v0.01 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Normal sections and subsections can be created by the right command \chapter{NAME} \section{NAME} \subsection{NAME} ... The standard style may not work perfectly, so you can redefine them. For instance, if you don't want the section headings to be in a x.y style ( 0.1 The first section ) and would rather have them just use the section number ( 1 The first section ) use the following \def\thesection{\arabic{section}} Alternately you can add text and add standard stuff before the actual section name. \def\thesubsection{My fancy name for a subsection \#\arabic{subsection}:}