Page Layout ⇒ appendix package

[spiegboy]

Appendix package is supposed to set the counter of chapter to zero according to its documentation. However the first chapter remains 1 when I tried it

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum,appendix}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\chapter{Diplomatic Memoirs}
\lipsum[1]
\chapter{Student Memoirs}
\lipsum[2-3]
\appendix
\addappheadtotoc
\chapter{published papers} % appeared as appendix A
\lipsum[2-3]
%\chapter{Equation deduction} % appeared as appendix B
%\lipsum[2-3]
\end{document} 

[localghost]

I don't see the problem. Your example works as expected. You should describe you own expectations more clearly.


Best regards
Thorsten

[spiegboy]

I don't see the problem. Your example works as expected. You should describe you own expectations more clearly.


Best regards
Thorsten

Okay, I expect chapter starts counting from zero not from one. The appendix package documentation states it redefines the chapter counter as I expected. But it doesnt work for the codes I put on. Is there any solution?

Cheers

[frabjous]

I believe what's going on here is that the chapter counter does start at 0, but goes up to 1 when you add the first \chapter{...} command. So if you want the first one to be chapter 0, you need to start it off with -1.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{lipsum,appendix}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\setcounter{chapter}{-1}
\chapter{Diplomatic Memoirs}
\lipsum[1]
\chapter{Student Memoirs}
\lipsum[2-3]
\appendix
\addappheadtotoc
\chapter{published papers} % appeared as appendix A
\lipsum[2-3]
%\chapter{Equation deduction} % appeared as appendix B
%\lipsum[2-3]
\end{document} 

[spiegboy]

oh, i see.
How smart!!
cheers