Remove A before Appendix in article using appendices package

Question

If this question has been asked before and answered, I will remove it.

Consider the following output:

I'd like to remove the A, and likewise for all subsections following that appendix (there is only a single appendix). I've tried using \appendix command instead, but it doesn't insert "Appendix" and the space between "Appendix" and "Code" on default, both of which I'd like to keep. The output was produced with:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[title,titletoc]{appendix}
\begin{document}
\begin{appendices}
\section{Code}
\end{appendices}
\end{document}

What are the "numbers" of subsections in the appendix section supposed to look like? "A.1", "A.2", etc.; "1", "2", etc.; "a", "b", etc.' or something else? Please advise. — Mico, Dec 28 '20 at 04:57
Yes, should have included it. I guess simply 1,2, etc. Since there is none on the appendix, maybe even no numbering at all, which would be simply giving it a star. — psie, Dec 28 '20 at 11:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 28 '20 at 16:59

Some comments and suggestions:

I wouldn't use '1', '2', etc to denote the subsection numbers in the appendix, as that will needlessly invite confusion as the sections in the main body of the document are numbered '1', '2, etc as well.
Hence, I'd like to suggest that you keep the default numbering of the subsections in the appendix, viz., 'A.1', 'A.2', etc.
The code below shows how to modify the appearance of the appendix-level section header ("Code") in a way that doesn't mess the rest of the numbering system.
You may also want to modify the \appendix command to write a header such as "Appendix Material" to the header file.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\def@seccntformat#1{@ifundefined{#1@cntformat}%
   {\csname the#1\endcsname\quad}%    default
   {\csname #1@cntformat\endcsname}}% enable individual control
\apptocmd\appendix{%
    \newcommand\section@cntformat{\appendixname:\ }
    \addtocontents{toc}{\bigskip\noindent\textbf{Appendix Material}\par}
    {}{}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\bigskip\hrule
\section{Hello}
\subsection{Uno}
\subsection{Due}
\appendix
\section{Code}
\subsection{One}
\subsection{Two}
\end{document}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '20 at 22:30

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Do you want something how this? I have used \section*{\appendixname\, Code} with a bit of space \, (or you can put \quad) because the two words are very close to each other that they seem to be united.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[title,titletoc]{appendix}
\begin{document}
\begin{appendices}
\section*{\appendixname, Code}
\end{appendices}
\end{document}

answered Dec 27 '20 at 22:30

Sebastiano

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Thanks for the reply and the easy solution. \quad seems to do it. – psie Dec 27 '20 at 22:36
However, how does one keep the appendix in the table of contents? Putting a star in the section command seems to make it vanish. – psie Dec 27 '20 at 22:38
@schn I honestly don't know :-( sorry. I only answered your question by looking at the manual. – Sebastiano Dec 27 '20 at 22:46
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I used \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\appendixname \quad Code} and it works, however I get a hyperref warning saying that "token not allowed in a PDF string", which I think has something to do with using \quad. – psie Dec 27 '20 at 22:54
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@schn If you have a bit of time look this: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/53513/hyperref-token-not-allowed – Sebastiano Dec 27 '20 at 23:01
@schn Please, can you switch your check mark to the Mico best answer? Thank you very much. – Sebastiano Dec 28 '20 at 20:50

Remove A before Appendix in article using appendices package

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