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\addtocounter
Synopsis:
\addtocounter{counter}{value}
Globally increment counter by the amount specified by the value argument, which may be negative.
In this example the section value appears as ‘VII’.
\setcounter{section}{5}
\addtocounter{section}{2}
Here it is in Roman: \Roman{section}.
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