Microsoft Word - Add and Remove Page Breaks

Insert a manual page break

1. Place the pointer in the location where you want to start a new page.

2. Press Ctrl + Enter.

   Note: To use the menu to manually insert a page break, select Insert > Page Break.

View page breaks

• Select Home > Show/Hide.

  Note: To hide page breaks, select Show/Hide again.

  

Delete a manual page break

1. Show page breaks in the document.

2. Select the page break you want to remove, and press Delete.

Assign a page break to a heading

1. Select Home > Styles.

2. Select the heading you want to assign a page break to, select the heading's drop-down arrow, and then select Modify.

3. Select Format > Paragraph > Line and Page Breaks.

4. To make sure your selected heading type always starts on a new page, select Page break before. You also have other options:

   • Widow/Orphan control - Makes sure that there's never a line of text alone at the beginning or end of a page.

   • Keep with next - Keeps the entire paragraph on the same page as the next paragraph.

   • Keep lines together - Makes sure the page never breaks in the middle of a paragraph.