Form Guide - Repeating Area(s) within a Panel

Hi,
Just wondering if its possible to have more than one repeating area within the same panel?
I have been able to create the Panel with a comment at the top (using guide text) followed by my repeating area and finally another comment followed by some fields.
What I would like to do is after the second comment have the fields in another repeating area, is this possible in Guide Builder?
Thanks in advance
James

There is no default layout of panel that will give you that. You would have to modify a current layoute or crate a new one.

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