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A page can be divided into '''sections''', using the section header syntax.

==Creation and numbering of sections==

'''Sections''' are created by creating their headers, as below

<pre>
==Section==

===Subsection===

====Sub-subsection====
</pre>
Please ''do not'' use only one equals sign on a side (<nowiki>=text here=</nowiki>); this causes a title the size of the page name, which is taken care of automatically.

With the preference setting Auto-number headings sections are numbered.

==Table of contents (TOC)==
For each page with more than three headings, a '''table of contents (TOC)''' is automatically generated from the section headings, unless:
*(for a user) preferences are set to turn it off
*(for an article) in the edit box the magic word <tt><nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki></tt> is added

==Controlling the Auto TOC==
With <nowiki>__FORCETOC__</nowiki> or <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki> in the wikitext a TOC is added even if the page has fewer than four headings.

With <nowiki>__FORCETOC__</nowiki> the TOC is put before the first section header. With <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>, it is put at the position of this code. This allows any positioning, also e.g. on the right, and in a table cell, and it also allows multiple occurrence, e.g. in every section (demonstrated on Section; however, this seems only useful if the sections are long, so that the TOCs take up only a small part of the total space.).

Thus there may be some introductory text before the TOC, known as the "lead". Although usually a header after the TOC is preferable, <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki> can be used to avoid being forced to insert a meaningless header just to position the TOC correctly, i.e., not too low.

User preferences can be set to number the sections automatically.

The Table of contents can be forced onto a floating table on the right hand of the screen with the code below
<nowiki>{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}</nowiki>

More info: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:TOC

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