Text and structure

Double-click empty paper to write a note, or use Text on the Insert tab. Format it on the Text tab. Headers and footers sit on the Document tab.

Headings, numbered sections, a contents list and a footer naming the job all live in text regions. Someone else has to read the sheet, follow the argument and sign it off. That is what this section is for.

Sections do the structural work

One decision drives most of the document machinery: whether a text region is marked as a section. Sections supply the bookmarks in the Sections sidebar, the rows of an inserted section table, the outline of an exported PDF and the first half of every [section.n] calc number. A heading style on its own only changes the look.

The pages

1. Text regions — how do I get a note or a heading onto the page, and what can I change as I type?
2. Styles — which of Heading 1–3, Normal, Quote and Caption fits what I am writing, and can I change how they look?
3. Sections — how do I number a heading and set its level?
4. Section table — how do I open the pack with a clickable contents list?
5. Headers and footers — how do I get the title, date and page number onto every printed page?
6. Find and replace text — how do I change a phrase everywhere it appears in my notes?