Page Layout ⇒ Remove a . after numbering \paragraph or \subparagraph

[fja]

Hi, there!
I have this question: I need to format the \paragraph and \subparagraph like this:
1) First Paragraph
2) 2nd …
a) First subparagraph
…

I used this code:

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\documentclass[letterpaper,12pt,oneside]{book}
\usepackage[spanish,es-lcroman]{babel}
\begin{document}
 \setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
\renewcommand{\theparagraph}{\arabic{paragraph})}
\renewcommand{\thesubparagraph}{\alph{subparagraph})}
\end{document}

And it works fine! But, it puts a dot after de number, I mean:

1). First Paragraph Text of this paragraph
2). 2nd … Text of this paragraph
a). First subparagraphText of this paragraph
…

So, what can I do to get this dot out? And, how can I get a breakline between the (sub)paragraph's title and the rest of the text? I mean:
1) First Paragraph's title
This is the text of this paragraph
a) First subparagraph's title
This is the text of this subparagraph

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi fja!

That's caused by the Spanish style of babel. Without babel, you won't get those dots. If you write Spanish, perhaps it would be good to match the style, with dots instead of parentheses? The babel documentation says to Spanish:

There is a dot after section numbers in titles, headings, and toc.

Stefan

[fja]

Maybe you're right about the dot. (The thing is that is the format given to my thesis)

But, what about the second issue, I mean, the text of \paragraph or \subparagraph in a new line??

Thanks!!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

redefine \paragraph and \subparagraph using \@startsection. This command is documented in the LaTeX source documentation, you could type texdoc source2e on your computer or load it from CTAN.

titlesec is a flexible package for customizing headings. You could use it for that purpose. I just don't have time in the moment, hoewever in the late evening I can post come code for you.

Do you still need to remove the dot? If yes, I could check that also in the evening.

Stefan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Here's a redefinition for \paragraph and \subparagraph with new line:

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\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\paragraph}{\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%
  {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}
\renewcommand{\subparagraph}{\@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\z@}%
  {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}}
\makeatother

Stefan

[fja]

Here's a redefinition for \paragraph and \subparagraph with new line:
Stefan

Thanks, Stefan, it works fine!!!!!