windowsforms-89-controls-and-libraries-printing-exporting-concepts-basic-terms-document-sections.md
This topic describes how document sections are used to create documents with the XtraPrinting Library.
Sections divide a document into structural areas for presenting different kinds of information on a page. The following table lists all available document sections.
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Marginal Header | Used to display information outside the upper page margins. |
| Inner Page Header | Used to display page numbers at the top of every page. |
| Report Header | Used to display a document title (its name, short description, author, date, etc.). |
| Detail Header | Used to display titles for a document’s detail section (e.g., column captions). |
| Detail | Used to display a document’s general data. |
| Detail Footer | Used to display summary data for a document’s detail section (e.g., summary results). |
| Report Footer | Used to display a document summary. |
| Inner Page Footer | Used to display page numbers at the bottom of every page. |
| Marginal Footer | Used to display information outside the bottom page margins. |
The following image illustrates a three-page document structure that uses all available sections.
All available document sections are listed in the BrickModifier enumeration. To create a document section, set the BrickGraphics.Modifier property to one of the BrickModifier enumeration values. This property is a trigger that notifies the PrintingSystem with which report section to create.
To be displayed in Print Preview, a report must contain at least one brick in the detail section.
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