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Editing Sections

You can protect, hide, and convert sections to normal text in your document.

1. Choose Format - Sections.

2. In the \<emph\>Section \</emph\>list, click the section you want to modify.

3. Do one of the following:

• To select which properties to include in an AutoFormat, click \<emph\>More\</emph\>.

• This option is only available if the \<emph\>End of Document\</emph\> check box is selected in the \<emph\>Position\</emph\> area.

• Add an optional protection password. The password can be empty and no password will be required to remove protection. If the password is not empty, it will be required to unprotect the section.

• This option is only available if the \<emph\>End of Document\</emph\> check box is selected in the \<emph\>Position\</emph\> area.

Editing Read-Only Contents

A warning message is displayed if you try to edit protected sections.

To remove protection of a section, do the following:

1. Choose Format - Sections.

2. Select the section to unprotect in the Section area of the dialog.

3. Uncheck the Protect option in the Write Protection area of the dialog.

4. If the section was protected with a non-empty password, type the password into the dialog that opens.

5. Click OK .

Format - Sections

Protecting Content in LibreOffice Writer