Text Formatting ⇒ Section displaying as ".1 Introduction"

[busillis]

Hello!

I am very new to Latex, so please bear with me!

I realise that if I add a chapter command before the section that I would get 1.1, however I do not want my document to refer to things as chapters; I'm using this for my dissertation

Many thanks!

[localghost]

[...] I realise that if I add a chapter command before the section that I would get 1.1, however I do not want my document to refer to things as chapters; I'm using this for my dissertation [...]

If you do not want chapters, use a class like the standard article class. But with regard to the expected comprehension of your document you should take into account that the structure of a document based on the article class could hit limits far to soon.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[busillis]

Thank you for your reply. That does seem to remedy my problem.

Is there a comparison available between report and article? I wish to ensure that further down the line issues do not arise due to the choice of document class.

[localghost]

[...] Is there a comparison available between report and article? [...]

Should be available with every basic LaTeX documentation. If you have access to a book for beginners, take a look at it. You can also do so with our special topic for novices [1]. The main differences are in document structuring and in the behaviour of lists (LoF, LoT, ToC, biliography).

[1] LaTeX Resources for Beginners