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6.8.2 \@startsection defaults ¶

These are LaTeX’s defaults for the first three sectioning units that are defined with \@startsection, for the article, book, and report classes.

• For section: level is 1, indent is 0pt, beforeskip is -3.5ex plus -1ex minus -0.2ex, afterskip is 2.3ex plus 0.2ex, and style is \normalfont\Large\bfseries.
• For subsection: level is 2, indent is 0pt, beforeskip is -3.25ex plus -1ex minus -0.2ex, afterskip is 1.5ex plus 0.2ex, and style is \normalfont\large\bfseries.

• For subsubsection: level is 3, indent is 0pt, beforeskip is -3.25ex plus -1ex minus -0.2ex, afterskip is 1.5ex plus 0.2ex, and style is \normalfont\normalsize\bfseries.