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<bookmark_value>DDE; command for inserting sections</bookmark_value>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3157557" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="37"><link href="text/swriter/01/04020100.xhp" name="Section">Section</link></paragraph>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154644" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Sets the properties of the section.</paragraph>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151170" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="6">New Section</paragraph>

<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154102" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Link</paragraph>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149806" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="20">Link</paragraph>

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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149098" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">For example, to insert a section named "Section1" from a $[officename] text document abc.sxw as a DDE link, use the command: "soffice x:\abc.sxw Section1". To insert the contents of the first cell from a MS Excel spreadsheet file called "abc.xls", use the command: "excel x:\[abc.xls]Sheet1 z1s1". You can also copy the elements that you want to insert as a DDE link, and then <emph>Edit - Paste Special</emph>. You can then view the DDE command for the link, by selecting the contents and choosing <emph>Edit - Fields</emph>.</paragraph>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153640" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="28">File name<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN"> / DDE command

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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145754" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/editsectiondialog/filename">Enter the path and the filename for the file that you want to insert, or click the browse button (<emph>...</emph>) to locate the file.</ahelp><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="WIN">If the <emph>DDE </emph>check box is selected, enter the DDE command that you want to use.

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155136" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="39">...</paragraph>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156274" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/editsectiondialog/file">Locate the file that you want to insert as a link, and then click <emph>Insert</emph>.</ahelp></paragraph>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149180" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="23">Section</paragraph>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155910" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/editsectiondialog/section">Select the section in the file that you want to insert as a link.</ahelp></paragraph>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151373" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">When you open a document that contains linked sections, you are prompted to update the links.</paragraph>

<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150687" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="43">Write Protection</paragraph>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150700" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="10">Protected</paragraph>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150110" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/editsectiondialog/protect">Prevents the selected section from being edited.</ahelp></paragraph>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145261" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="44">With password</paragraph>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149555" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/editsectiondialog/withpassword">Protects the selected section with a password. The password must have a minimum of 5 characters.</ahelp></paragraph>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150549" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="46">...</paragraph>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147742" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/editsectiondialog/password">Opens a dialog where you can change the current password.</ahelp></paragraph>

<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146333" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="48">Hide</paragraph>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149830" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="12">Hide</paragraph>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148849" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/editsectiondialog/hide">Hides and prevents the selected section from being printed.</ahelp> The components of a hidden sections appear gray in the Navigator. When you rest your mouse pointer over a hidden component in the Navigator, the Help tip "hidden" is displayed.</paragraph>

<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3155074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">You cannot hide a section if it is the only content on a page, or in a header, footer, footnote, frame, or table cell.</paragraph>

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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154323" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="16">With condition</paragraph>

<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/editsectiondialog/condition">Enter the condition that must be met to hide the section.</ahelp> A condition is a <link href="text/swriter/01/04090200.xhp" name="logical expression">logical expression</link>, such as "SALUTATION EQ Mr.". For example, if you use the <link href="text/swriter/guide/form_letters_main.xhp" name="mail merge">mail merge</link> form letter feature to define a database field called "Salutation" that contains "Mr.", "Ms.", or "Sir or Madam", you can then specify that a section will only be printed if the salutation is "Mr.".</paragraph>