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Last updated on: March 19, 2023
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Onetastic Macro Documentation > Hierarchy Objects > Section

Section Object

Description

Represents a section in OneNote. The current Section can be obtained by calling GetCurrentSection function.

Hierarchical Structure

Section objects can be found under following objects: Notebook SectionGroup

Section objects can contain following objects: Page

Creating Section Objects

Section objects can be inserted directly under following objects: Notebook SectionGroup

Properties

Name Type Access Description
areAllPagesAvailable Bool read-only Whether all pages in this Section is available or not. Pages may not be available if they weren't fully uploaded by the client that created it.
color Color read-write The color of this Section.
encrypted Bool read-only Whether this Section is encrypted (password protected) or not.
hyperlink String read-only A hyperlink that points to this Section.
id String read-only The unique identifier of this Section.
isCurrentlyViewed Bool read-only Whether this Section is currently being viewed by the user in OneNote or not.
isDeletedPages Bool read-only Whether this Section is the recycle bin section that contains the deleted pages for the notebook.
isInRecycleBin Bool read-only Whether this Section is in the notebook recycle bin or not. Filter by this property if you want to exclude Sections in recycle bin.
isUnread Bool read-write Whether this Section is unread or not.
lastModifiedTime DateTime read-write The date and time of the last modification to this Section.
locked Bool read-only Whether this Section is encrypted (password protected) and locked or not. Pages in locked Sections cannot be accessed until unlocked by the user.
name String read-write The name of this Section.
pageCount Numeric read-only The number of pages in this Section.
pages Array<Page> read-only The list of pages in this Section.
path String read-only The physical file path of this Section.
readOnly Bool read-only Whether this Section is read-only or not.
type ObjectType read-only Type of this object. Always has the value of "Section".

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