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  sections, adds context, and helps respondents scan longer questionnaires.
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# Section Break

Section Break is used to separate sections or chapters inside a survey and to explain what the next section is about.

Next section

### Product experience

The next questions ask about your experience using the product.

Section Breaks add context and make long surveys easier to scan.

## Settings

Section Break fields can include supporting media and instructions.

Field type Section Break

- [Enable picture](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide/section-break/#enable-picture-for-section-breaks)
- [Instructions for respondents](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide/section-break/#instructions-for-respondents)

Enable picture

Add redirect link for picture

### Enable picture

Add an image to create a stronger visual break between sections or chapters of a survey.

Instructions for respondents

Always visible instructions

### Instructions for respondents

Use instructions when the next section needs a short explanation before respondents continue.

**Note**

Section Breaks are structural fields. They are not exported as respondent answers.