title: How can one number paragraphs in LaTeX?
body: <p>Given a bunch of paragraphs:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Para. A ...
  
  Para. B ...
  
  Para. C ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can one have LaTeX automatically number them, i.e.</p>
  
  <pre><code>1. Para. A. ...
  
  2. Para. B. ...
  
  3. Para. C. ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've seen the following suggested:</p>
  
  <pre><code>\newcounter{parnum}
  \newcommand{\N}{%
     \noindent\refstepcounter{parnum}%
      \makebox[\parindent][l]{\textbf{\arabic{parnum}.}}}
  % Use a generous paragraph indent so numbers can be fit inside the
  % indentation space.
  \setlength{\parindent}{2em}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>From here: <a href="http://www.archivum.info/comp.text.tex/2008-08/msg00383.html" rel="noreferrer">comp.text.tex: Re: How do I number paragraphs in LaTeX?</a></p>
  
  <p>Then use \N in front of every paragraph-to-be-numbered, i.e.</p>
  
  <pre><code>\N Para. A. ...
  
  \N Para. B. ...
  
  \N Para. C. ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've also seen references to <a href="http://sarovar.org/projects/parano/" rel="noreferrer">Sarovar</a> and <a href="http://mechanics.civil.tohoku.ac.jp/~bear/bear-collections/style-files/numberpar.sty" rel="noreferrer">numberpar</a>, but both are referred to as "unstable" or "unpredictable", and things like "randomly breaks", which makes me wary.</p>
  
  <p>I'd like some input on what may be the best course of action, here, and I think it's a topic worth some discussion.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for your interest and attention to this.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT</strong>: I've tried the following</p>
  
  <pre><code>\begin{enumerate}
  \item Para No. 1
  \item Para No. 2
  ...
  \end{enumerate}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However it results in typesetting problems, notably because I am interspersing section headings ala.</p>
  
  <pre><code>\begin{enumerate}
  \item Para No. 1
  \item Para No. 2
  \section{Part II}
  \item Para No. 5
  \item Para No. 6
  ...
  \end{enumerate}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and the section heading "Part II" will sometimes end up at the very bottom of the page (i.e. it doesn't keep with the following text).</p>