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4.2 Hierarchical Structure
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<span class="LaTeX">LaTeX</span> expects documents to be arranged in a conventional,
hierarchical way, with chapters, sections, sub-sections,
appendixes, and the like. These are marked using macros rather
than environments, probably because the end of a section can be
safely inferred when a section of equal or higher level starts.
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There are six ``levels'' of sectioning in the document classes
used for Python documentation, and the deepest two
levels<A NAME="tex2html1"
HREF="#foot193"><SUP>1</SUP></A> are not used. The levels are:
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<tr><td class="center" valign="baseline">1</td>
<td class="left" ><tt class='macro'>\chapter</tt></td>
<td class="center">(1)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="center" valign="baseline">2</td>
<td class="left" ><tt class='macro'>\section</tt></td>
<td class="center"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="center" valign="baseline">3</td>
<td class="left" ><tt class='macro'>\subsection</tt></td>
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<tr><td class="center" valign="baseline">4</td>
<td class="left" ><tt class='macro'>\subsubsection</tt></td>
<td class="center"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="center" valign="baseline">5</td>
<td class="left" ><tt class='macro'>\paragraph</tt></td>
<td class="center">(2)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="center" valign="baseline">6</td>
<td class="left" ><tt class='macro'>\subparagraph</tt></td>
<td class="center"></td></tr></tbody>
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<DT><STRONG>(1)</STRONG></DT>
<DD>Only used for the <code>manual</code> documents, as described in
section <A href="classes.html#classes">5</A>, ``Document Classes.''
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<DT><STRONG>(2)</STRONG></DT>
<DD>Not the same as a paragraph of text; nobody seems to use this.
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<DT><A NAME="foot193">... levels</A><A
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<DD>The deepest levels have the highest numbers in the
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