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Page breaks are Word's method of signaling that the following text should begin at the top of a new page. You probably know that you can insert a page break by choosing Break from the Page menu. However, this involves removing your hands from the keyboard and using the mouse, which can disrupt the pace at which you are typing.
The quickest way to enter a page break using the keyboard is to simply press Ctrl+Enter. Word dutifully adds the page break and you can continue typing away.
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2018-10-25 14:38:25
Allen
You can delete the page break just like any other character, Jo Ann. Just position the insertion point immediately before the page break and press the Delete key, or position it right after the insertion point and press the Backspace key.
Of course, if you realize immediately after you type it that you want to get rid of it, you can simply press Ctrl+Z to undo the typing of the page break character.
Hope that helps!
-Allen
2018-10-25 11:39:09
Jo Ann Schmits
If you find, as you continue typing, that you accidentally entered a page break that you did not want…how do you get rid of it?
2014-12-22 01:31:43
Shanker.
Thanks Allen!
All along, I had thought 'Contrl+Ent' just moves the cursor to the next page, and nothing else. Now, I know it's adding a Page break too that can be seen only in 'draft' view.
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This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Office 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: 
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