On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Mark Carroll wrote:
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> \setcounter{page}{3}
> \setcounter{section}{3}
>
> to give me 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 5, 5.1, ... starting on page 3.
>
> But, how can I change the first number to a letter?
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\alph{section}} in the preamble seems to do it.
(Reading appendix.dtx on CTAN helped.)
-- Mark
