Inserting a Page Break

In Normal view, click in the document where you want to insert a break.

Open the Insert menu and select Break to open the Break dialog box.

Click the type of page break you want to insert for example, Page Break (or Column Break or Text Wrapping Break) and click OK.

The page break appears in the document (in Normal view). In Print Layout view, the text appears on the next page.

INTRODUCTION

When a page is filled with text, Word automatically begins a new page by inserting a page break for you. Sometimes, however, you'll want to manually insert a page break. For example, if you are writing a report with multiple topic sections, you might want each topic to begin at the top of a new page.

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Types of Page Breaks

Breaks can be either automatic when the break naturally places text on the next page (Page break), column (Column break), or line (Text wrapping break) or manual (if you force text to the next page, column, or line). You can press the Ctrl+Enter shortcut key to insert the page break in your document. To delete a manual page break, click the dotted line that represents the page break in Normal view and press the Delete key on your keyboard.