A section is a set of pages. Every document contains at least one section. Most of the time that’s all you need. Adding sections to a document gives you more control over headers, footers, and page numbers.

For example, if your document is a report that has a table of contents followed by several pages of text, you might set the first section to have no header and a footer that contains lower case roman numeral page numbering. The main content section could have a header, and a footer with arabic page numbering that starts at page 1.

In some word processors, you add a section by inserting a section break, which is a sort of special character that can be cut and pasted or deleted. In Pagehand, a section is a container that holds a group of pages. There are no section break characters.

Because sections represent a group of pages, you can think of them as a physical subpart of your document. Typically, sections might be used for a title page, a table of contents with roman page numbering, and a main section with the principal content. The main section might then be organized into logical parts by giving each logical part an outline heading.

To insert a section:

• From the Insert menu choose New Section.
• You can’t insert a section inside a header or footer, so make sure the blinking cursor is in the main text area of your document.

You work with existing sections by using the Sections Toolbar.