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To add a forced page break in Microsoft Word, place your cursor whereyou want the page break, and then follow the appropriate step below:
- In Word for Windows, press
Ctrl-Enter
. - In Word for Mac OS X, press
Shift-Enter
(notShift-Return
).
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To remove a page break you've made:
- Click the margin directly to the left of the page break line tohighlight it.
- Press the
Del
orDelete
key.
How to Add or Remove Page Breaks in Word 2016. Insert a section break and also take you to the next even or odd page. Double-click the break you want to remove. Open your word document in Microsoft Word. Find the section break you want to delete. The reason for deleting a section break is to remove the formatting that you have created for the section that precedes the break.
Note: You cannot delete or remove soft page breaks,which are indicated by dotted lines. To change where soft page breaksoccur, you must change the settings for your margins.
You can find more information about editing and formatting yourdocument in Word's Help files:
- To access Help in Word for Windows, press
F1
. - To access Help in Word for Mac OS X, from theHelp menu, select Word Help.