Manual Numbering Request

[JohnHadish]

Hello @jordan2175 ,
I really enjoy your tool, I am using it for scientific writing where numbering is a must. I was frustrated that google did not have automatic numbering options for headers, so I am really happy that you implemented this.

I have a request for a new potential feature.
I want to suppress numbering for specific headers:

Currently your tool runs like this:

I would like my "Introduction" Section to not have a number. Example:

My ideas for implementation

1. Have an "ignore header" option that will suppress numbering for a specific section.
2. Have a "start numbering at header n" setting that would skip the first n headings.

[jordan2175]

I have thought a lot about this in the past, I have the same problem with Appendix sections in my own documents. I do not want them to have numbers, since they are listed as Appendix A, Appendix B etc. I have also wondered about skipping the first n number of headings, which would be far easier to implement. This would also allow you to skip the Table of Contents. Let me think more about this.

[JohnHadish]

Sounds good

[Nixxen]

To elaborate on this, some academic writing styles require different "style" numberings/wordings on titles.
For instance IEEE formating: https://essaypro.com/blog/ieee-format#Parts
The #1 Heading starts with a roman numeral ("I. ", "II. ", "IV. " etc).
The #2 Heading starts with an uppercase letter ("A. ", "B. ", "F. " etc).
The #3 Heading starts with a number followed by parenthesis ("1) ", "2) ", "15) " etc).
The #4 Heading starts with a lowercase letter followed by perenthesis ("a) ", "b) ", "x) " etc)

A way to customize what each heading is formatted as would open up for a much wider use-case and customization of many different writing styles.

[vinodmap]

Yes please to the comment made by @Nixxen -- definitely would love to see this, same thing applies in legal writing and other areas. I.A.1.a, etc

[zhxiaokang]

Came across a similar issue: I want to skip numbering for Abstract (1st header), but start numbering from Introduction (2nd header). Is there a way to do that?

[jcoveney279]

Having an "ignore header" option as JohnHadish suggested would be great. I use a Caption tool called Caption Maker that does this exact thing.

But here is a workaround. It's a bit of a pain but you can do this when you are ready to complete the document.

1. In the Introduction Heading 1 Example, change the copy to Normal temporarily.
2. Run the Markdown tool to number everything. Introduction will not be numbered but all other heading will be. Section one will look like 1 Section one
3. Make Introduction Heading 1 again. It won't be numbered.
4. Update the TOC.