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To Before you add child sections or pages to a text, you need to have first created a root node. For more information, see create a main page. Learn more with the Texts' Structure guide.

1. Log in to texts.shanti.virginia.edu
2. Open your text
   • Learn how to open your texts
3. Find the section page of text for which you want to create a childthat needs a section
   • Click
   • Note: click on the section title in "Contents" to navigate to that section
   • Note: see the glossary definition of Child Node
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4. Click the + button next to the page title in the table of contents
   • You'll see the table of contents next to the text
   Click on the plus sign
   • This plus sign is located under the section title

   • The "Create Book page" window will open

5. Type the new section's title in into the "Title" field
6. Click SHANTI Texts Splitter

   • The section will expand

   • Choose whether you want to split your text into sections
7. Type the new section's content in into the "Content" box
8. To add metadata to the section, scroll down 
   • Note: typically metadata should only be used for the root node of a text
9. Add authors, publication years, descriptions, and search terms if necessary
10. • Typically, only use metadata for the main page of a text
    • Check out Texts Metadata Fields for more information 
11. Click Preview at the bottom of the page to review your section

    • The "Preview" page will open

12. Click Save text section at the bottom of the page

    • A message will confirm your new section

    Click Save 

    • The window will close

    • Your section will be added to the parent page