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# Insert

The toolbar contains various functions for inserting frames, graphics, tables, and other objects.

You can select the following functions:

## Table

Inserts a table into the document. You can also click the arrow, drag to select the number of rows and columns to include in the table, and then click in the last cell.

Table

## Section

Inserts a text section at the cursor position in the document. You can also select a block of text and then choose this command to create a section. You can use sections to insert blocks of text from other documents, to apply custom column layouts, or to protect or to hide blocks of text if a condition is met.

Section

## Insert Frame Manually

Draws a frame where you drag in the document. Click the arrow next to the icon to select the number of columns for the frame.

Insert Frame Manually

## Floating Frame

Inserts a floating frame into the current document. Floating frames are used in HTML documents to display the contents of another file.

Floating Frame

## Insert Footnote Directly

Inserts a footnote or an endnote in the document. The anchor for the note is inserted at the current cursor position. You can choose between automatic numbering or a custom symbol.

Insert Footnote Directly

## Insert Endnote Directly

Footnotes are inserted at the end of a page, and endnotes are inserted at the end of a document.

Insert Endnote Directly

## Note

Inserts a note at the current cursor position.

## Bookmark

Inserts a bookmark at the cursor position. You can then use the Navigator to quickly jump to the marked location at a later time. In an HTML document, bookmarks are converted to anchors that you can jump to from a hyperlink.

Bookmark

## File

Inserts the contents of another document into the current document at the cursor position.

Text from File

## AutoText

Creates, edits, or inserts AutoText. You can store formatted text, text with graphics, tables, and fields as AutoText. To quickly insert AutoText, type the shortcut for the AutoText in your document, and then press F3.

## Special Character

Allows a user to insert characters from the range of symbols found in the installed fonts.

Special Character

## Insert Fields

Inserts a field at the current cursor position.

Insert Fields

## Controls

The Controls icon opens a toolbar with the tools that you need to create an interactive form.

Form Controls

## From File

Inserts an image into the current document with optimal page wrapping and centered on the line at the current cell position centered on the page or slide.

Image

## Audio or Video

Inserts a video or audio file into your document.

Audio or Video

## Formula

Inserts a formula into the current document. For more information open the LibreOffice Math Help.

Formula

## Chart

Chart

## OLE Object

Inserts an OLE object into the current document. The OLE object is inserted as a link or an embedded object.

OLE Object

## Insert Index

Inserts an index or a table of contents at the current cursor position.

## Entry

Marks the selected text as index or table of contents entry.

Entry