# Section Class

> An object of the Section class represents a section of a document. Sections are numbered from the beginning to the end of the document beginning with 1. A document has at least one section. A section is a part of the document that specifies the page size, the page margins and the headers and footers. A section object can be obtained from the section collection available through the TextControl.Sections property.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Class
- **Introduced:** 14.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl > Section Class
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Description](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/#description)
- [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/#syntax)
- [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/#examples)
- [Members](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/#members)

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## In This Section

- [Section.Format Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/format-property/llms.txt): Gets or sets the section's formatting attributes. The property's value is an object of the type SectionFormat which defines the page size and the page margins.
- [Section.HeadersAndFooters Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/headersandfooters-property/llms.txt): Gets a collection of all headers and footers of the section. The property's value is an object of the type HeaderFooterCollection.
- [Section.Length Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/length-property/llms.txt): Gets the number of characters in the section. The section break character is not included.
- [Section.Number Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/number-property/llms.txt): Gets the section's number. The first section has the number 1.
- [Section.Select Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/select-method/llms.txt): Selects the section. The section break characters bounding the section are not selected.
- [Section.Start Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/section/start-property/llms.txt): Gets the number (one-based) of the first character in the section.

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