Format sections

A document can contain one or more sections. You may want to add a section, for example, in order to use different formatting for part of the document. Each section can have its own unique page numbering, headers and footers, and background image.

To see how your document is divided into sections, click View menu button in the toolbar, then choose Show Thumbnails. When you click a thumbnail, all thumbnails for the pages in the same section are outlined in yellow.

You can add and remove sections in a document wherever you want. If the template you’re using has predetermined sections, you can add more, or delete any of them.

Add a section before or after another section

  1. Click where you want to add the new section.

    You can start the section before or after the page where you placed the insertion point.

  2. Click the Section tab at the top of the sidebar on the right, then choose an option from the “Create new section” pop-up menu.

    If you don’t see a sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Section tab, click Document radio button in the toolbar.

  3. Use the section controls to set headers, footers, and page numbers for the section.

    Section pane of the Setup inspector, showing controls for headers, footers, and page numbering.

Start a section at a specific paragraph

  1. Click at the beginning of the paragraph to place the insertion point.

  2. Choose Insert > Section Break (from the Insert menu at the top of your screen).

    Note:  The Insert button in the toolbar doesn’t have the section break command.

  3. Click the Section tab at the top of the sidebar on the right side, then use the section controls to set headers, footers, and page numbers for the section.

    If you don’t see a sidebar, or it doesn’t have a Section tab, click Document radio button in the toolbar.

    Section pane of the Setup inspector, showing controls for headers, footers, and page numbering.

Delete a section

Deleting a section also deletes its contents. If you want to remove a section but not its contents, copy and paste the contents into another section first.

  1. Click View menu button in the toolbar, then choose Show Page Thumbnails.

  2. Select the section in the thumbnail sidebar, then press Delete.

Duplicate a section

  1. Click View menu button in the toolbar, then choose Show Page Thumbnails.

  2. Select the section in the thumbnail sidebar, then choose Edit > Duplicate Selection (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen).

    The new section is added below the original. You can drag it in the thumbnail sidebar to where you want it.