Writer Guide

Tip
If you use this table format often, you may want to save it as
AutoText, as described in Chapter 3 (Working with Text).
Select the table (not just the contents) to assign the shortcut.
Using sections for page layout
A section is a block of text that has special attributes and formatting.
You can use sections to:
• Write-protect text
• Hide text
• Dynamically insert the contents of another document
• Add columns, margin indents, a background color, or a
background graphic to a portion of your document
• Customize the footnotes and endnotes for a portion of your
document
Creating sections
To create a section:
1) Place the cursor at the point in your document where you want to
insert the new section. Or, select the text that you want to place
in the new section.
2) From the main menu, choose Insert > Section. The Insert
Section dialog box opens.
3) Click the Section tab, if it is not already displayed. (See Figure
114.)
The Insert Section dialog box has five tabbed pages:
• Use the Section page to set the section’s attributes.
• Use the Columns page to format the section into columns.
• Use the Indents page to set indents in the right and left margins
of the section.
• Use the Background page to add color or a graphic to the
section’s background.
• Use the Footnotes/Endnotes page to customize the section’s
footnotes and endnotes.
At any time, you can reset a tabbed page to its default settings by
clicking the Reset button. (Note, however, that you cannot reset the
Section page. If you wish to undo changes to the Section page, you
must do so manually.)
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