<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter a name for the new section here.</help:help-text> <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> uses the default name Section X, where X represents a continuous number, starting with Section1.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click here to link the section in your document to a section in another file.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC"/><help:default><help:key-word value="DDE link" tag="kw67679_1"/><help:help-text value="visible">If the check box <span class="T1">Link</span> is marked, you can also create a link via DDE.</help:help-text> To do this, mark the <span class="T1">DDE</span> check box and enter the desired <span class="T1">DDE command</span>.</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC"/><help:default>The general syntax for a DDE command is as follows: "<Server> <Topic> <Item>". Server is the indication for the DDE name of the application where the data is stored. Topic refers to the location of the Item (usually the file name), and Item represents the actual object.</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC"/><help:default>Here are two examples: To insert a section named "Section1" from a <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> text document abc.sxw via DDE, use the command: "soffice x:\abc.sxw Section1". To insert the contents of the first cell from a MS Excel spreadsheet file named "abc.xls", use the DDE command: "excel x:\[abc.xls]Sheet1 z1s1". If you copy the elements and insert the clipboard contents as a DDE link with <span class="T1">Edit - Paste Contents</span>, you can view the corresponding syntax by selecting the <span class="T1">Edit <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>- Fields</span> command.</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SW_EDIT_TP_INSERT_SECTION_ED_FILE" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="SW_EDIT_MD_EDIT_REGION_ED_FILE" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>File name / DDE command</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter the path and name of the file in this field or, when DDE is marked, enter the DDE command.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this button to find a file. It is only activated if the <span class="T1">Link</span> check box is marked.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Choose a section from the selected file to be linked.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">By linking, the content of the linked file (or section) is displayed in the selected section of the current document. When you reload the document, you will be asked whether or not the link should be updated.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="section; read-only" tag="kw67679_8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="read-only; section" tag="kw67679_7" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; protect from changes" tag="kw67679_6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">To prevent the section from being modified or edited, mark this check box.</help:help-text> This ensures that elements are not unintentionally edited or moved.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If you define a password, you can also protect the section from modifications by a third party.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click here to see the dialog for entering the password.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="text; do not display" tag="kw67679_5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; do not print" tag="kw67679_4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="text; hiding" tag="kw67679_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Mark this check box to hide the selected section in your document.</help:help-text> This keeps certain sections in the document from being displayed or printed. The contents of the hidden sections are displayed in gray in the Navigator. In addition, the Help tips display the text as "hidden". Choose <span class="T1">Format - Sections</span> to disable this function.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click in the text box to enter a condition for the display of the section, if you only want the section to be shown or printed under certain conditions.</help:help-text> A condition can only be modified if the <span class="T1">Hide</span> check box is selected.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="text; hide conditionally" tag="kw67679_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter the condition under which the section is to be hidden.</help:help-text> If the condition is TRUE, the section will be hidden. Conditions are <help:link Id="67700" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">logical expressions</help:link>, such as "SALUTATION EQ Mr.". Using the mail merge form letter function, for example, if you have defined a database field "Salutation", containing either "Mr.", "Ms." or "Sir or Madam", you can specify that a section only be printed if the salutation is "Mr.".</p>
<p class="Paragraph">As another example, you can define the field variable "x" and set the value to 1. Then specify the condition for hiding the field: "x eq 1". The defined section will only be displayed if the field variable "x" is assigned a different value.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">For more information about <help:link Id="67633" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Field commands</help:link> and the syntax for <help:link Id="67700" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">conditions</help:link>, see the corresponding section in the Help.</p>
