Add Child Sections to a Text

See the Understand the Structure of Texts guide

1. Open your text

2. Find the section of text for which you want to create a child

   • Note: click on the section title in "Contents" to navigate to that section

3. Click on the plus sign

   • This plus sign is located under the section title

   • The "Create Book page" window will open

4. Type the new section's title in the "Title" field

5. Type the new section's content in the "Content" box

6. To add metadata to the section: 

   • Note: typically metadata should only be used for the root node of a text

   • Click Metadata on the left sidebar

   • The "Metadata" page will open

   • Add authors, publication years, descriptions, and search terms if necessary

7. Click Book outline

   • Book outline is located on the left sidebar

   • The "Book outline" page will open

8. Verify "Book" and "Parent item" 

   • "Book" should be the title of the text to which the new section belongs 

   • "Parent item" should be the section you chose in step 2, the parent section

   • Note: see Understand the Structure of Texts for more information

9. Click on the "Weight" drop-down menu

   • "Weight" options will expand

10. Choose the importance of your section relative to sibling sections

    • Note: sections with higher weights will be listed first

11. Click Save 

    • The window will close

    • Your section will be added to the parent page