Add a section break. Select where you want a new section to begin. Go to Layout > Breaks. Choose the type of section break you want: Next Page Section break starts the new section on the following page. Continuous Section break starts the new section on the same page. This type of section break is often used to change the number of columns ...

You can use section breaks to change the layout or formatting of pages in your document. To change formatting in a document, insert a section break at the beginning of where you want the change. Set up the formatting change just past the new section break. If you want to change formatting again, put in another section break.

Use page breaks to control where a page ends and where a new page begins. Insert a page break. Place the cursor where you want to start a new page. Select Insert > Page Break. Change page break settings. Select Layout. In the Paragraph group, select the small arrow. In the Paragraph dialog box, select Line and Page Breaks.

To use different page numbers or formats in different sections, create Page breaks and set page number for each.

Insert a section break between pages. On the page sorter, right-click the page number where you want to begin a new section, and then click Insert Section on the shortcut menu.

There are two types of page breaks in Word: breaks that Word automatically adds to mark the end of each page, and manual page breaks that you can add. You can delete manual page breaks. You can’t remove automatic page breaks, but you can adjust where they occur.

Click or tap in the section break you want to change. Go to Layout and select the Page Setup launcher button . Select the Layout tab. Select a new section type from the Section Start drop down list. Select OK.

Insert a manual page break anytime you want to start a new page in your document. You can't remove the page breaks that Word automatically inserts, but you can remove manual page breaks from your document.

Delete a section break. If you added section breaks to your document, the easiest way to see where they begin, and end is to show formatting marks. Go to Home and select Show/Hide . Select the section break and then press Delete.

Add, adjust or remove page breaks in Excel using Page Break Preview. Also, learn how to reset and hide page breaks.