Insert a Section Break

You can insert a section break in a document to establish different margins, headers, footers, vertical page alignment, and other page formatting settings in different portions of your document.

1. Click in the location where you want to start a new section in your document.

2. Click Insert.

3. Click Break.

   

   The Break dialog box appears.

4. Click an option to select the type of section break you want to insert (

   to display the document in Normal view.

   

   A section break line appears.

   

How does Word handle printing when I insert a section break?

Section breaks are formatting marks that do not print; instead, the effects of the section break are apparent when you print. For example, if you insert a Next Page section break ( changes to ), Word starts the text that immediately follows the section break on a new page.

What happens if I select Even page or Odd page?

Word starts the next section of your document on the next even or odd page. If you insert an Even page section break ( changes to changes to