1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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When you select a text and create a section, a paragraph break is automatically inserted at the end of the text.</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149872" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="8">You can insert sections from a text document, or an entire text document as a section into another text document. You can also insert sections from a text document as links in another text document, or in the same document.</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153367" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="39">To insert a new paragraph immediately before or after a section, click in front or behind the section, and then press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Enter.</paragraph> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154242" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 64cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="44">Sections and Columns</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154255" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="41">You can insert sections into an existing section. For example, you can insert a section containing two columns into a section that contains one column.</paragraph> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154845" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="42">A section layout, for example on the number of columns, has priority over the page layout defined in a page style.</paragraph> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/section_insert.xhp#section_insert"/> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/section_edit.xhp#section_edit"/> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155883" role="paragraph" l10n="C"><link href="text/shared/00/00000005.xhp#dde" name="DDE">DDE</link></paragraph> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>