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Smart Docs+ | Section

Create an object of the "Section" type directly below the object of the "Main content" type.

These are structural objects. Further contents are defined below them.

Unlike, for example, in the header section, there are further configuration options.

Content

Field
Description

Indent

If required, define an indent for the element with a unit (e.g. pt. px, mm, em, ex, % etc.).

Headline

Field
Description

Headline

Enter a headline manually if required.

Headline display

As soon as you select one of the displays, the designation of the section is used as a subheadline. The formatting corresponds to the configuration of the corresponding headline level in the style used.

Append colon to headline

Activate this option to append a colon to the headline.

Output language

Field
Description

Headline output language

Select the languages in which the headlineis to be output.

Separate headlines by

Select how the language values are to be separated from each other:

  • New line (default)

  • Slash

  • Slash without blanks

  • Pipe

  • No split

Layout

Field
Description

Column count

Define the number of columns

The setting is inherited down to the objects below, unless you interrupt the inheritance by making a different setting on an object below.

Column display

You can choose from the following options:

  • One child element per column

  • Contents distributed evenly over columns

  • Contents distributed over columns

Column distribution

Select the percentage column distribution for two to four columns from the distributions provided.

Column gap

Define the inner column gap.

The setting is inherited down to the objects below, unless you interrupt the inheritance by making a different setting on an object below.

Vertical alignment

Define the vertical alignment:

  • Top

  • Middle

  • Bottom

The setting is inherited down to the objects below, unless you interrupt the inheritance by making a different setting on an object below.

Horizontal alignment

Define the horizontal alignment:

  • Left

  • Centered

  • Right

  • Justified

The setting is inherited down to the objects below, unless you interrupt the inheritance by making a different setting on an object below.

Force page break

If you want to force a page break before or after the section, select the corresponding option. By default, no page break is forced.

Avoid page break inside

If you want to avoid a page break within the section, select „yes“. By default, page breaks are also produced within a section.

Margins

Define the margin in mm in the following order, each separated by a space: top, right, bottom, left.

If you want to adopt the setting from the „Data sheet“ object, enter „inherit“.

Paddings

Define the padding in mm in the following order, each separated by a space: top, right, bottom, left.

If you want to adopt the setting from the „Data sheet“ object, enter „inherit“.

Don’t render element

If you activate this option, the element will be ignored when rendering the data sheet.

A small red cross on the icon of the object in the tree indicates that an element will not be rendered.

Comments

Field
Description

Comments

 

CSS

Field
Description

CSS ID

In order to be able to access the individual elements via CSS, assign unique CSS IDs here and use them in the CSS.

CSS Klassen

 

Replacements

Field
Description

Replacement groups

If necessary, select replacement groups for string replacements.

Preview

Define preview options when they are supposed to deviate from those in the general style settings.

Field
Description

Preview preset

Select the preset you want to use for the preview.

Preview format*

Select the format you want to use for the preview.

Preview product

Available if the documents are generated from the PIM product tree.

Select an object from the PIM product tree to be used for generating the example preview.

Preview channel object

Available if the documents are generated from a channel.

Select an object from a channel to be used for generating the example preview.

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