Blocks (The Org Manual)

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### 2.8 Blocks

Org mode uses ‘`#+BEGIN`’ … ‘`#+END`’ blocks for various purposes from including source code examples (see Literal Examples) to capturing time logging information (see Clocking Work Time). These blocks can be folded and unfolded by pressing `TAB` in the ‘`#+BEGIN`’ line. You can also get all blocks folded at startup by configuring the variable `org-hide-block-startup` or on a per-file basis by using

    #+STARTUP: hideblocks
    #+STARTUP: nohideblocks