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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label zerochap</title>
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<h3>Why are my sections numbered 0.1 ...?</h3>
<p/>This happens when your document is using the standard <i>book</i> or
<i>report</i> class (or one similar), and you&rsquo;ve got a <code>\</code><code>section</code>
before your first <code>\</code><code>chapter</code>.
<p/>What happens is, that the class numbers sections as 
&ldquo;&lt;<i>chapter no</i>&gt;.&lt;<i>section no</i>&gt;&rdquo;, and until the first
chapter has appeared, the chapter number is 0.
<p/>If you&rsquo;re doing this, it&rsquo;s quite likely that the <i>article</i> class
is for you; try it and see.  Otherwise, give your sections a
&lsquo;superior&rsquo; chapter, or do away with section numbering by using
<code>\</code><code>section*</code> instead.  An alternative way of avoiding numbering is
discussed in 
&ldquo;<a href="FAQ-secnumdep.html">unnumbered sections in the table of contents</a>&rdquo;.
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=zerochap">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=zerochap</a>
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