CreateSection

Creates a new document section which ends at the specified paragraph. Allows to set local parameters to the current section - page size, footer, header, columns, etc.

Syntax

expression.CreateSection(oParagraph);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiDocument class.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Default	Description
oParagraph	Required	ApiParagraph		The paragraph after which a new document section will be inserted. Paragraph must be in a document.

Returns

ApiSection | null

Example

This example creates a new document section which ends at the specified paragraph.

let doc = Api.GetDocument();
let paragraph = doc.GetElement(0);
paragraph.AddText("This is a new paragraph.");
paragraph.AddLineBreak();
paragraph.AddText("Scroll down to see the new section.");
let section = doc.CreateSection(paragraph);
section.SetEqualColumns(1, 720);
section.SetPageSize(12240, 15840);
section.SetPageMargins(1440, 1440, 1440, 1440);
section.SetHeaderDistance(720);
section.SetFooterDistance(576);
paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.SetSpacingBefore(100, true);
paragraph.SetSpacingAfter(360);
paragraph.AddText("This is a paragraph in a new section");
doc.Push(paragraph);