As a (mostly former) power user of Word, the one feature of LO that is most difficult for me to figure out (i.e, the most "geeky" / "techie") is Sections. Even with Help, cannot figure out how to insert them, change them, etc. Would help a great deal if Sections worked like something even close to how they work in Word, and would help even more if Sections could be seen when "Non-printing characters" function (Ctrl-F10) is invoked. Thanks!
UX needs to input here. Moving to NEW and letting them have their say.
Seems an RTM issue as Sections are well documented in built-in help. And are well covered with examples in the LibreOffice Writer Guide (4.2 version pg.138-145) Sections present in a document are visible with or without non-printing characters toggled visible, and receive a default outline of the Section--similar to what shows for page margins. Sections are inserted into a document from the main menu Insert -> Section launch of the Insert Section dialog. They also display individually in the Navigator Sidebar content panel and can be selected for editing there. They can be modified/reformatted from main menu Format -> Sections. Once a Section is selected, the Options button on the "Edit Sections" dialog reopens the dialog panels (Columns, Indents, Background, Footnotes/Endnotes) present when created from the "Insert Section" dialog.