Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated March 8, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
As you are typing in Word, you will notice the program automatically keeps track of where you are. When your document no longer fits on a single page, Word automatically inserts a page break (indicated by a thin dashed line when viewing your document in Normal view) and wraps your text to the next page.
There may be times, however, when you want to insert a break in your text manually. Word supports the following types of breaks:
To insert a break in your document, follow these steps:
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2018-07-09 08:51:26
Jennifer Thomas
Bob, one concept that may help you is to understand that breaks of any kind allow you to have different Page Setup options (e.g. margins) in different parts of the document.
So a page break overrides the bottom margin setting, while a column or text break overrides the right/left margin settings.
For section breaks: if 'page' is in the break's name, you'll be able to have different header and footer settings as well as things like line numbering in that section of the document; continuous breaks let you have multiple sets of left and right margins from side to side, and those are often used in conjunction with text or column breaks (columns are the same as tables for this function).
Try looking at the various labels of the breaks with that foundational concept in mind and see if it makes more sense now - I hope so!
2018-07-07 05:48:20
Bob Eisenberg
Please explain the different types of breaks in detail
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