How do I skip a subsection?

Question

How do I skip a subsection (in this case, 1.2) like this:

1 Main Title
1.1 Subtitle
1.3 Subtitle
1.4 Subtitle

David, not all and everything technically possible is good. Why in the world would you skip a number? — Keks Dose, Sep 11 '13 at 08:32
@KeksDose -- maybe the document in question is quoting just segments from another (numbered) document, and it's important to keep the original numbering. — barbara beeton, Sep 11 '13 at 13:24
@barbarabeeton I've been reading and (once in a while) answering LaTeX questions in a German forum which used to be the place to go for many students. After a while I noticed that many students had »Procrustean« views: if it doesn't fit, I'll make it fit. So I started to ask for the students reasons to do strange things and tried to make them listen to sense... — Keks Dose, Sep 11 '13 at 13:37
@KeksDose -- it's never a bad idea (and usually a good one) to know why something is "necessary". so keep on asking. (i find i learn interesting things when i do.) — barbara beeton, Sep 11 '13 at 14:28

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '13 at 01:08

24

\stepcounter or \addtocounter can be used, e.g.:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{Main Title}
\subsection{Subtitle}
\stepcounter{subsection}
\subsection{Subtitle}
\subsection{Subtitle}
\end{document}

answered Sep 11 '13 at 01:08

Heiko Oberdiek

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How do I skip a subsection?

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