{description}
{excerpt}This class is used to represent a section of the document. Many documents will only contain one section. More complex documents will divide the document into multiple sections. A section can be roughly correlated to a chapter in a book. Each section can have different formatting settings, including:{excerpt}
{signature:C#}
 public sealed class Section : Element
{signature}{signature:vb.net}
Public NotInheritable Class Section
		Inherits Element
{signature}
{remarks}To create a new section, use [Element.CreateSectionBefore\(\)|Element.CreateSectionBefore()].

To get an existing section, use [Document.Sections|Document.Sections].

The following sample shows you how to get the add a new section to a document and how to get the first section of a document.

{remarks}
{example}{code:csharp|title=C#}

          //--- Add a new section to a document
          WordApplication app = new WordApplication();
          Document doc = app.Open(@"C:\sample.doc");
          Section sect = doc.CreateSectionAfter();

          //--- Get the first section of a document
          WordApplication app = new WordApplication();
          Document doc = app.Open(@"C:\sample.doc");
          Section sec1 = doc.Sections[0];
        {code}
{code:vb.net|title=vb.net}

          '--- Add a new section to a document
          Dim app As New WordApplication()
          Dim doc As Document = app.Open("C:\sample.doc")
          Dim sect As Section = doc.CreateSectionAfter()

          '--- Get the first section of a document
          Dim app As New WordApplication()
          Dim doc As Document = app.Open("C:\sample.doc")
          Dim sect As Section = doc.Sections(0)
        {code}

{example}
{properties}
||Name||Description||
|[BorderAlwaysInFront|Section.BorderAlwaysInFront]|{excerpt-include:Section.BorderAlwaysInFront|nopanel=true}|
|[BorderAppliedTo|Section.BorderAppliedTo]|{excerpt-include:Section.BorderAppliedTo|nopanel=true}|
|[BorderOffsetsFromPage|Section.BorderOffsetsFromPage]|{excerpt-include:Section.BorderOffsetsFromPage|nopanel=true}|
|[BottomMargin|Section.BottomMargin]|{excerpt-include:Section.BottomMargin|nopanel=true}|
|[Break|Section.Break]|{excerpt-include:Section.Break|nopanel=true}|
|[FirstLineNum|Section.FirstLineNum]|{excerpt-include:Section.FirstLineNum|nopanel=true}|
|[FirstPageNum|Section.FirstPageNum]|{excerpt-include:Section.FirstPageNum|nopanel=true}|
|[FooterY|Section.FooterY]|{excerpt-include:Section.FooterY|nopanel=true}|
|[GutterWidth|Section.GutterWidth]|{excerpt-include:Section.GutterWidth|nopanel=true}|
|[HasTitlePage|Section.HasTitlePage]|{excerpt-include:Section.HasTitlePage|nopanel=true}|
|[HeaderY|Section.HeaderY]|{excerpt-include:Section.HeaderY|nopanel=true}|
|[LeftMargin|Section.LeftMargin]|{excerpt-include:Section.LeftMargin|nopanel=true}|
|[LineNumberingType|Section.LineNumberingType]|{excerpt-include:Section.LineNumberingType|nopanel=true}|
|[LineNumberX|Section.LineNumberX]|{excerpt-include:Section.LineNumberX|nopanel=true}|
|[LineNumModulus|Section.LineNumModulus]|{excerpt-include:Section.LineNumModulus|nopanel=true}|
|[LinesBetween|Section.LinesBetween]|{excerpt-include:Section.LinesBetween|nopanel=true}|
|[NumColumns|Section.NumColumns]|{excerpt-include:Section.NumColumns|nopanel=true}|
|[PageHeight|Section.PageHeight]|{excerpt-include:Section.PageHeight|nopanel=true}|
|[PageNumberFormat|Section.PageNumberFormat]|{excerpt-include:Section.PageNumberFormat|nopanel=true}|
|[PageOrientation|Section.PageOrientation]|{excerpt-include:Section.PageOrientation|nopanel=true}|
|[PageSize|Section.PageSize]|{excerpt-include:Section.PageSize|nopanel=true}|
|[PageWidth|Section.PageWidth]|{excerpt-include:Section.PageWidth|nopanel=true}|
|[RestartPageNum|Section.RestartPageNum]|{excerpt-include:Section.RestartPageNum|nopanel=true}|
|[RightMargin|Section.RightMargin]|{excerpt-include:Section.RightMargin|nopanel=true}|
|[TopMargin|Section.TopMargin]|{excerpt-include:Section.TopMargin|nopanel=true}|
|[Unlocked|Section.Unlocked]|{excerpt-include:Section.Unlocked|nopanel=true}|
{methods}
||Name||Description||
|[GetBorder(Border.Location)|Section.GetBorder(Border.Location)]|{excerpt-include:Section.GetBorder(Border.Location)|nopanel=true}|
|[GetFooter(Section.HeaderFooterType)|Section.GetFooter(Section.HeaderFooterType)]|{excerpt-include:Section.GetFooter(Section.HeaderFooterType)|nopanel=true}|
|[GetHeader(Section.HeaderFooterType)|Section.GetHeader(Section.HeaderFooterType)]|{excerpt-include:Section.GetHeader(Section.HeaderFooterType)|nopanel=true}|
{classes}
||Name||Description||
|[BorderArea|Section.BorderArea]|{excerpt-include:Section.BorderArea|nopanel=true}|
|[BreakType|Section.BreakType]|{excerpt-include:Section.BreakType|nopanel=true}|
|[HeaderFooterType|Section.HeaderFooterType]|{excerpt-include:Section.HeaderFooterType|nopanel=true}|
|[LineNumbering|Section.LineNumbering]|{excerpt-include:Section.LineNumbering|nopanel=true}|
|[NumberFormat|Section.NumberFormat]|{excerpt-include:Section.NumberFormat|nopanel=true}|
|[Orientation|Section.Orientation]|{excerpt-include:Section.Orientation|nopanel=true}|
|[PagePaperSize|Section.PagePaperSize]|{excerpt-include:Section.PagePaperSize|nopanel=true}|