The .HEADER LEVEL command allows you to specify both a section number and a section title. Successive .HEADER LEVEL commands of the same value (all .HEADER LEVEL 1's for example) cause the section numbers to increase sequentially. This happens at all six levels of headers. If your current section is in Chapter 2 and is numbered 2.5.2.4 (a header level 3), then the following numbering would result depending upon the .HEADER LEVEL command you used: o .HL4 would number the next section 2.5.2.4.1 o .HL3 (or .HL without a value, since .HL defaults to the current level) would number the next section 2.5.2.5 o .HL2 would number the next section 2.5.3 o .HL1 would number the next section 2.6 (See also .DISPLAY LEVELS, .NUMBER LEVEL, .SET LEVEL, and .STYLE HEADERS.) Following is a summary of default header level numbering for three levels of three different types of documents: Default Header Level Numbering Nonchapter Chapter n Appendix A .HEADER LEVEL 1 1 n.1 A.1 .HEADER LEVEL 2 1.1 n.1.1 A.1.1 .HEADER LEVEL 3 1.1.1 n.1.1.1 A.1.1.1 Format .HEADER LEVEL [[+/-]n] [title] Abreviated format .HL [[+/-]n] [title]
1 – Parameters
n A number from 1 to 6 that specifies the level of the header. Do not confuse the level numbers with the header numbers that are printed in your document just to the left of the header title. +n Adds n to the current header level number. -n Subtracts n from the current header level number. title The name of the section you are now starting. Do not precede the title with a semicolon (;).
2 – Default
If you enter .HEADER LEVEL without specifying a level number, you get the current header level. All header levels, .HEADER LEVEL 1 to .HEADER LEVEL 6, begin their numbering with 1 unless you specify another value with .NUMBER LEVEL.