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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149816"><bookmark_value>sections; editing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>sections;deleting</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>deleting;sections</bookmark_value>
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      <bookmark_value>read-only sections</bookmark_value>
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      <bookmark_value>converting;sections, into normal text</bookmark_value>
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</bookmark><comment>ufi: added two deleting sections entries</comment>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155858" role="paragraph">You can protect, hide, and convert sections to normal text in your document.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154224" role="listitem">Choose <link href="text/swriter/01/02170000.xhp" name="Format - Sections"><emph>Format - Sections</emph></link>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149848" role="listitem">In the <item type="menuitem">Section</item> list, click the section you want to modify. You can press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+A to select all sections in the list, and you can Shift+click or <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+click to select some sections.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153120" xml-lang="en-US">To convert a section into normal text, click <emph>Remove</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149631" xml-lang="en-US">To make a section read-only, select the <emph>Protected</emph> check box in the <emph>Write Protection</emph> area.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149609" xml-lang="en-US">To hide a section, select the <emph>Hide</emph> check box in the <emph>Hide</emph> area.</paragraph>
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<comment>removed ordered list with startvalue 4, not sure if such a list will survive all transformations</comment>

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