# Managing my list of sections to compile **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener\ **Tags:** usage-tips\ **Created:** [March 5, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/managing-my-list-of-sections-to-compile/94847 "2021-03-05T02:00:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![brookter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/brookter/32/16095_2.png) [@brookter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/brookter)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/managing-my-list-of-sections-to-compile/94847/3 "2021-03-05T09:01:38Z")
Rather than include something in the text of the documents to mark the Preamble, wouldn’t it be simpler just to create a custom metadata item in Project \> Project Settings \> Custom metadata? [attachment=1]Screenshot 2021-03-05 at 08.49.59.png[/attachment] If you make it a checkbox, then you can simply tick it on or off for specific documents (using in the Outliner / Inspector / Binder etc). [attachment=2]Screenshot 2021-03-05 at 08.52.13.png[/attachment] The new metadata item will appear in the Project Search dropdown, so you can create a Collection as before (just tick Preamble in the dropdown box and then have ‘True’ in the search field. [attachment=0]Screenshot 2021-03-05 at 08.57.14.png[/attachment] If you save the search as Preamble, then it will become a dynamic collection, and you don’t have to worry about adding or removing text from documents, or adding them manually to the collection: all you need to do it tick or until the Preamble checkbox and the membership of the Preamble Collection will change automatically. I mention this not because your solution doesn’t work, but because custom metadata is intended to be used in this sort of scenario (amongst many others…), so it’s a more general and flexible solution. HTH. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/managing-my-list-of-sections-to-compile/94847)._