What Are Breaks? #
Breaks control how content flows in your document.
- Page Break: Moves text to the next page without starting a new section.
- Section Break: Moves text to the next page and splits your document into sections so you can apply different formatting (e.g., headers, footers, page orientation) to each part.
When to Use Them #
- Page Break: For starting a new page without changing layout (e.g., new chapter).
- Section Break: For changing page orientation, margins, headers/footers, or numbering in part of the document.
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Insert a Page Break #
- Place your cursor where you want the new page to start.
- Go to Insert → Page Break or press Ctrl + Enter (Windows) / Cmd + Enter (Mac).
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Insert a Section Break #
- Place your cursor where you want the new section to begin.
- Go to Layout → Breaks → Section Breaks.
- Choose:
- Next Page: Starts a new section on the next page.
- Continuous: Starts a new section on the same page.
- Even Page / Odd Page: Starts a new section on the next even or odd page.
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View Breaks #
To see where breaks are, click ¶ Show/Hide on the Home tab. This displays hidden formatting marks, including page and section breaks. We have a guide available on this here.