Numbering paragraphs in latex

Question

I would like to number paragraphs for a covering report I am writing. Paragraphs should increment and not reset with new sections. The text should not be bold. Here is what I have tried

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\paragraph}{%
  \@startsection{paragraph}{4}%
  {\z@}{0.25ex \@plus 1ex \@minus .2ex}{-1em}%
  {\normalfont\normalsize\fontfamily{phv}\fontsize{10}{15}\selectfont}
  {\arabic{paragraph}}%
}
\makeatother

This has been hacked from various questions on this site.

  \paragraph{Testing 1}
  \paragraph{Testing 2}

gives me

0.0.0.1 1 Testing 1
0.0.0.2 2 Testing 2

desired format is

1 Testing 1
2 Testing 2

Where am I going wrong?

Also what is fontfamily{phv}. Is this different from my default font?

Have a look at this answer it might fit for your need. http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/10524/31058 — Ludovic C., Aug 20 '13 at 15:00
@moadeep Are you looking for something like "(19)" at the beginning of a paragraph, or e.g. as a marginpar? Show us what you would like to have! — Keks Dose, Aug 20 '13 at 15:05
@KeksDose Question edited. I would like something like "(19)" at the beginning of each paragraph. The reason being I need to cross reference paragraphs to a table in another chapter — moadeep, Aug 20 '13 at 15:08
@karlkoeller yes. The number is incrementing as expected. My major issue is the extra 0.0.0.num before num — moadeep, Aug 20 '13 at 15:16

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 20 '13 at 15:16

20

\paragraph is like \section the argument should be the title not the whole paragraph, and it should only be used after a higher level sectioning unit (\subsubsection)

Perhaps

\newcounter{para}
\newcommand\mypara{\par\refstepcounter{para}\thepara\space}

Then you can use

\mypara blah blah blah
\mypara foo bar baz

answered Aug 20 '13 at 15:16

David Carlisle

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Excellent thanks. Can I make the number bold? – moadeep Aug 20 '13 at 15:30
3

@moadeep \textbf{\thepara} – David Carlisle Aug 20 '13 at 15:52
Is there a way to make the paragraph title bold also? – flamsmark Aug 31 '13 at 00:03
4

@flamsmark these are untitled paragraphs, if you want titled paragraphs you need something more like \newcommand\mypara[1]{\par\refstepcounter{para}\textbf{\thepara\space#1\space}} – David Carlisle Aug 31 '13 at 08:52

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

16

This is as simple as:

\renewcommand{\theparagraph}{\S\arabic{paragraph}}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}

If you just wish to also have them in the table of contents:

\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}

Answered taken from How can I number paragraphs without higher level counters?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

Community

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answered Dec 08 '15 at 09:38

Martin Monperrus

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score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

8

Using the idea from this answer:

\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{mparhack}   % get marginpars to always show up on the correct side (need to compile twice)
\usepackage{lipsum}     % for dummy text

\setlength\parindent{0cm}

\newcommand{\parnum}{(\arabic{parcount})}

\newcounter{parcount}
\newcommand\p{%
    \stepcounter{parcount}%
    \parnum \hspace{1em}%
}

\newenvironment{parnumbers}{%
   \par%
   \everypar{\noindent \stepcounter{parcount}\parnum \hspace{1em}}%
}{}

\begin{document}

\p \lipsum[1]

\begin{parnumbers}
\lipsum[2-4]

\end{parnumbers}

\end{document}

it yields

Output

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Community

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answered Aug 20 '13 at 15:20

Ludovic C.

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If you use \refstepcounter instead of \stepcounter paragraphs can be used with \label / \ref – David Carlisle Aug 20 '13 at 15:26
1

also, don't do anything rash, like using a list environment (itemize, enumerate, etc) -- they destroy \everypar – wasteofspace Aug 28 '13 at 10:28
This is the best solution, because it does the numbering automatically within the environment. The other solution requires a command to number the paragraph. So this one is better. – HSchmale Nov 03 '15 at 20:12
This breaks if you interpose a \section{}. – g33kz0r Sep 25 '17 at 00:54
@g33kz0r out of interest why does a section break this ? – jk. Nov 27 '18 at 17:10
How do I reset counter to start from 1 in each parnumbers env? – krokodil Jul 01 '22 at 20:47

Numbering paragraphs in latex

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