Adolfo Pachón wrote:
>
> Section 1
>
> 1. item 1 ....
> 2. item 2 ....
> ...
> 10. item 10 ....
>
> Section 2
>
> 11. item 11 ....
> 12. item 12 ....
> ...
> 20. item 20 ....
try in latex preamble
\newcounter{myCounter}
\newcounter{mySaveCounter}
\renewenvironment{enumerate}{%
\begin{list}{\arabic{myCounter}.}{\usecounter{myCounter}%
\setcounter{myCounter}{\value{mySaveCounter}}}
\item[]
}{%
\setcounter{mySaveCounter}{\value{myCounter}}\end{list}%
}
Herbert
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