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\appendix

`\appendix`

The `\appendix` command changes the way sectional units are numbered. The `\appendix` command generates no text and does not affect the numbering of parts.

Thus, if you want your appendix to be set off with a section-like label you need something like

      \begin{center}
        {\bf APPENDIX}
      \end{center}

I have found the `\appendix` command to sometimes cause problems since everything which follows it is treated as part of the appendix, for example, a list of figures, which I generally want to place after an appendix is labeled "Appendix: List of Figures".

One can create a section labeled "APPENDIX" with distinctive numbering by using the `\section` command with suitably redefined commands for the Counters. The following example generates a single "Appendix" with equations numbered A-1, A-2, ...

      \renewcommand{\theequation}{A-\arabic{equation}}
      % redefine the command that creates the equation no.
      \setcounter{equation}{0}  % reset counter
      \section*{APPENDIX}  % use *-form to suppress numbering

If one had several appendices, appropriate numbering could be obtained by redefining the `\thesection` command and resetting the section counter in an analogous manner.

See also: Sectioning, Counters
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