#Deleting section break word 2016 manual

:D Extend Office folks-you rock! I will be recommending your brilliant add-ins to my other techy family and friends. For example if you have 5 pages in a document and want to remove the page number for the 4th Page then you can follow the below mentioned steps. The option is know as Section Break and it is available as part of the Page Setup menu. THEN-opened up the copy of the book (final edited copy due today, btw), ran Kutools 'remove section breaks'-and VOILA! NO MORE SECTION BREAKS! YAY! Happy, happy me. Word 2016, 20 have a feature that allows users to remove page number for selected pages alone. After installation, I tried Kutools on a small 5 page doc -inserting section breaks and page breaks, then removed them easily.

#Deleting section break word 2016 manual

The following method will delete all manual page breaks created using the Breaks command or by pressing Ctrl + Enter. So next, I made a new copy of the doc and downloaded Kutools for Word. Applies to: Microsoft Word 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 or 365 (Windows) You can quickly remove all page breaks in a Microsoft Word file using Find and Replace. Not cool to have to do all that work over again-about 10-12 hours of re-formatting. Clear the Keep lines together, Keep with next, and Page break before check boxes. Learn all about section and page breaks in MS Word. For example, if you delete a section break. On the Format menu, select Paragraph, and then select the Line and Page Breaks tab. Creating a long document in Microsoft Word Use section and page breaks to better organize your document. NOTE: If the section break falls on an odd-numbered page, Word leaves the intervening even-numbered page. Select the paragraph following the unwanted page break. Placing your cursor after a break and pressing 'Backspace' wont work, as the 'Backspace' key ignores breaks and deletes the next letter instead.

I used the VBA Macro as well (in a copy of the document, as a trial.) The only way that worked was after clearing ALL the formatting in the entire book. In the document, select the manual page break, and then press DELETE. Place your cursor directly before the row of dots indicating a break and press 'Del' to remove the break.

Most breaks I was able to delete using your directions for Find/Replace, but STILL- seven breaks remained that were hidden. Thank you, thank you! I'm editing a book for an author (300 pages) and couldn't get rid of the 27 section breaks, even after following advice from online MS experts.