Document Classes ⇒ Report vs. Article

[the_obs]

Hey all!
I am beginning with Latex, and find it awesome. However I have a problem seriously bugging me.

I would like to use report as my document class as I find it perfect (title on seperate page, vertically and horizontally centered, parts on seperate pages, etc.). However, I DO NOT want to use chapters, only parts, sections, subsections, etc. My table of contents thus show sections as 0.1, 0.2, etc. as I have not defined any chapter. How can I change numbering in a report-class Table of Content to be PART.SECTION instead of CHAPTER.SECTION?
Thanks!

[gmedina]

Hi,

you can do a redefinition of the representation of the section counter and some adjustment to make this counter restart with every new part; an example:

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{chngcntr}

\renewcommand\thesection{\thepart.\arabic{section}}
\counterwithin{section}{part}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\part{Test part one}
\section{Test section one one}
\section{Test section one two}
\part{Test part two}
\section{Test section two one}
\section{Test section two two}

\end{document}

[the_obs]

Hi,

you can do a redefinition of the representation of the section counter and some adjustment to make this counter restart with every new part; an example:

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{chngcntr}

\renewcommand\thesection{\thepart.\arabic{section}}
\counterwithin{section}{part}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\part{Test part one}
\section{Test section one one}
\section{Test section one two}
\part{Test part two}
\section{Test section two one}
\section{Test section two two}

\end{document}

Great, except parts are numbered with roman numerals and sections are displayed as I.1, II.1, etc. in the TOC. I would like either parts as arabic and sections as 1.1, 2.1, etc. in the TOC or parts as roman and sections as 1.1, 2.1, etc.
As long as section are pure arabic, parts can be roman or arabic. How do I go about it?

[gmedina]

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\renewcommand\thepart{\arabic{part}}

[the_obs]

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\renewcommand\thepart{\arabic{part}}

Ahhhh great! That worked perfectly. Thank you very much.
If I understand correctly, the above command (re)sets part numbers to arabic.
However what I don't understand is the \counterwithin command, is it a TOC-specific command?

Thanks again!

[gmedina]

\counterwithin{<count1>}{<count2>} forces <count1> to restart whenever <count2> is increased.