>>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:31:40 -0800 (PST)
>>From: Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: Chapter Number in Frontmatter
>>X-message-flag: Sent virus-free from a linux system.
>>
>>On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Rich Shepard wrote:
>>
>>> I'm puzzled. The "Preface" is located in the frontmatter and tagged as a
>>> chapter. But, when I look at the book in the dvi display created by pressing
>>> ctrl-d, the Preface is listed as Chapter 1.
>>>
>>> Doesn't LaTeX remove the numbering from components between \frontmatter{}
>>> and \mainmatter{}?
>>
>> I have looked at Herbert's "Tips and Tricks" site without finding an
>>answer to my question.
>>
>> How can I remove the chapter number for the Preface and begin chapter
>>numbering at '1' with the following chapter?
I guess you still need to use the starred version (\chapter*)
to remove numbering.
The \frontmatter allows to feedback the contents of the chapter title to
the toc without ERT (a question which must be in the top 10 of
the list :-)
--
Jean-Pierre
