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Reverse numbering for chapters, sections, etc.

3. April 2013 by tom 1 Comment

I was recently asked if there is a way to reverse the numbering of chapters in a report from n to 1. I didn’t find an easy way to do it which is why I decided to write a short post. Here is the minimal example used to produce the above output. I will explain … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, Package, Tips & tricks Tagged: chapter, count down, descending, header, LaTeX, regtotcounter, reverse, section, thechapter, thesection, totcount




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