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You can indicate that a section, part, or chapter is an appendix by adding an `[appendix]` line above the section title.

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[appendix]
== Copyright and License
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While the AsciiDoc structure allows appendices to be placed anywhere, it's customary to place them at the end of the document, after all other sections.

Sections marked as appendix have a different title, which is built as follows:

* A fixed prefix (taken from the value of the `appendix-caption` attribute, which defaults to "`Appendix`")
* A letter that represents the number of this appendix within the sequence of appendices (A, B, C, ...)
* A colon
* The original section title

For example:

 Appendix A: Copyright and License

The prefix can be modified by defining the `appendix-caption` attribute.
This value can be changed using:

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:appendix-caption: Appx
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Or it can be unset using:

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:appendix-caption!:
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Appendices can have subsections.
However, there are some rules to follow depending on which type of document you are creating.

For articles, the appendix must be defined as a level-1 section.
(If a level-0 section is used, a level-1 section is implied).
For example:

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include::ex-appendix.adoc[tag=appx-article]
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The table of contents will appear as follows:

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include::ex-appendix.adoc[tag=appx-article-out]
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For books, the appendix must be defined as a level-1 section if you want the appendix to be a adjacent to other chapters (and in the current part if the book has multiple parts).
In a multi-part book, if you want the appendix to be adjacent to other parts, the appendix must be defined as a level-0 section.
In either case, the first subsection of the appendix must be a level-3 section, not a level-2 section.
That's because an appendix cannot contain chapters.

The following example shows how to define an appendix for a multi-book (take away the part title if you're creating a simple book):

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include::ex-appendix.adoc[tag=appx-book]
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The table of contents will appear as follows:

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include::ex-appendix.adoc[tag=appx-book-out]
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