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CreateDocument

creates an empty document notebook and opens it in the front end.

CreateDocument[expr]
creates and opens a document notebook containing the expression expr.

creates and opens a document notebook consisting of a sequence of cells containing the

replaces the notebook represented by the notebook object obj with the one obtained from expr.

	DocumentNotebook[...]	a complete notebook
	TextCell[...]	a text cell
	ExpressionCell[...]	an expression cell
	CellGroup[...]	a cell group, potentially nested
	"string"	a string, inside a text cell
	e	an expression e, in an expression cell

CreateDocument can take any notebook option, together with the following additional options:

	WindowSelected	True	whether the new window should immediately be selected
	NotebookFileName	None	the file name for the document created

CreateDocument returns a NotebookObject corresponding to the notebook it creates.

CreateDocument overwrites whatever data was contained in the notebook represented by the notebook object obj.

Specify styles for cells:

Specify styles for cells:

Create a notebook with a two-dimensional typeset expression:

Create a document containing an unevaluated expression:

Create a notebook with a graphic:

Create a notebook with a grid:

Set a cell dingbat:

Make a document with manually grouped cells:

Align contents on the right:

Create a notebook that is not visible:

Make the notebook appear: