Default **sectioning** ---------------------- If the **sectioning** part is empty, it is possible to use a default **sectioning** part defined in the meta-data block using the ``sectioning-levels`` key: .. code-block:: md --- pandoc-numbering: ex: general: sectioning-levels: -.+. --- Section ======= Subsection ---------- Exercise #ex: will be rendered as .. code-block:: md Section ======= Subsection ---------- [**Exercise 1.1**]{#ex:1.1.1 .pandoc-numbering-text .ex} You can also use the ``first-section-level`` and ``last-section-level`` key (first section level to appear, last section level to appear): .. code-block:: md --- pandoc-numbering: ex: general: sectioning-levels: -.+. --- is equivalent to .. code-block:: md --- pandoc-numbering: ex: general: first-section-level: 2 last-section-level: 2 ---