What Is a Section?
Learn how sections organize your yearbook and how to create and manage them.
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⚠️ Disclaimer:
This article applies only to projects created using the Section book format. Projects created in Ladder format organize pages differently and do not use sections in the same way.
✨ Overview
A Section is a way to organize your yearbook by topic. Each section groups together related pages, helping keep your project structured and easier to manage.
A section can consist of a single page or multiple pages, depending on the content you want to include.
🧩 Common Yearbook Sections
Typical sections in a yearbook include:
- Title Page & Introduction (often including a Principal’s Letter or welcome message)
- Portraits (organized by grade or class)
- Student Life
- Sports
- Events
- Clubs
- Advertising
Sections allow you to divide your book into logical groups that make the final yearbook easier to navigate.
➕ Creating a New Section
To create a section:
1️⃣ Locate the Add Section link below the cover pages.

2️⃣ Select the Section Type
You will be prompted to choose the type of section:
Freeform – Flexible page layouts for general content such as events or student life
Portrait – Automatically generated portrait pages using portrait data
Ad – Pages designed specifically for advertisements or parent ads

3️⃣ Name the Section and Choose Page Count
Enter a section title and select the number of pages you want the section to contain.
📌 Best Practice:
Aside from the first and last pages of the book, it is recommended to keep sections in even-numbered page counts. This makes it easier to rearrange sections later if you decide to change the order.

⚙️ Managing Sections
Each section includes a gear icon that provides management options.

Using this menu, you can:
- Mark the section Ready for Review
- Lock the section to prevent edits
- Rename the section
- Delete the section
These tools help editors and advisers manage workflow as the yearbook progresses.
🧠 Final Tip
Organizing your yearbook into clearly defined sections makes it easier for editors, contributors, and advisers to collaborate while building the book.