1*cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*cdf0e10cSrcweir<!-- 5*cdf0e10cSrcweir*********************************************************************** 6*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 7*cdf0e10cSrcweir * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 8*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 9*cdf0e10cSrcweir * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 10*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 11*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 12*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13*cdf0e10cSrcweir * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 14*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 16*cdf0e10cSrcweir * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 17*cdf0e10cSrcweir * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 18*cdf0e10cSrcweir * 19*cdf0e10cSrcweir * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 20*cdf0e10cSrcweir * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 21*cdf0e10cSrcweir * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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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> 66*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 67*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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 68*cdf0e10cSrcweir</caseinline><defaultinline>Alt</defaultinline></switchinline>+Enter.</paragraph> 69*cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154242" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 70*cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="44">Sections and Columns</paragraph> 71*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 72*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 73*cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 74*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/section_insert.xhp#section_insert"/> 75*cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/section_edit.xhp#section_edit"/> 76*cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 77*cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 78*cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 79*cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>