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Section.StartType Property

Gets or sets the type of a section break.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

#Declaration

SectionStartType StartType { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
SectionStartType

A SectionStartType enumeration value specifying where the next section starts.

Available values:

Name Description
NextPage

A page is broken at the section break. The new section starts on the next page.

OddPage

A new section begins on the next odd-numbered page. If the section break falls on an odd-numbered page, the next even-numbered page is left blank.

EvenPage

A new section begins on the next even-numbered page. If the section break falls on an even-numbered page, the next odd-numbered page is left blank.

Continuous

A new section starts on the following paragraph of the same page.

Column

A new section starts on the next column on the page.

#Remarks

The code sample below shows how to insert continuous section break after the specific paragraph:

Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
document.LoadDocument("Documents\\Grimm.docx");
document.InsertSection(document.Paragraphs[4].Range.End);
Section insertedSection = document.GetSection(targetPosition);
insertedSection.StartType = SectionStartType.Continuous;
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