Section Breaks.
As you fill a page, Word inserts a page break and starts a new page. When you add or delete text, this soft page break moves. The soft page break appears as a dotted grey line in the Normal view.To start a new page before the current page is filled we will need to insert a hard page break that does not shift as you edit text.
The hard page break appears as a dotted grey line with the text Page Break centred in Normal view.
A section is a mini-document within a document that stores margin settings, page numbering, page orientation etc.
Types of Section Breaks.
There are four different types of section breaks.
Next page: A next page section break will start the next section of the document on a new page. (use this if you require to create different headers and footers for different chapters).
Continuous: A continuous section break allows you to isolate text within a page. (good example of this is a newspaper effect using multiple columns, whereas by default Word is in one column spanning from the left to right margin.
Even Page: The even and odd page section breaks are used in documents with double-sided formatting.
An even page section break will start the section on the next even page (useful to ensure that the next chapter begins on a left hand page.
Odd Page: An odd page section break will start the section on the next odd page (useful to ensure that the next chapter begins on a right hand page.
Applying a Section Break.
1. Position the insertion point in the document.
2. Select the Page Layout tab from the ribbon.

3. Click on Breaks.

4. Select the required Section Break.

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