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Guest
Is a section break the same as a manual page break?
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Doug Robbins
No, in a number of ways.
A section break can be continuous so that it does not force a new page, but
more importantly, there are a number of features (headers, footers, margins,
vertical alignment, page numbering, etc) that are properties of sections and
can be made to apply just to an individual section.
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Hope this helps.
Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
A section break can be continuous so that it does not force a new page, but
more importantly, there are a number of features (headers, footers, margins,
vertical alignment, page numbering, etc) that are properties of sections and
can be made to apply just to an individual section.
--
Hope this helps.
Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Guest
Thank you, Doug. I appreciate the response. I am not sure what you mean by
responding to the newsgroup...nevertheless, I value your answer, sir.
responding to the newsgroup...nevertheless, I value your answer, sir.
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Guest
Dear AKS,
As Doug says, the choice between Page Break and Section Break (mainly)
concerns the settings in Page Setup. I notice that your post is under the New
User category so allow me to give you some detailed pointers.
When you come to the Page Break/Section Break question, ask yourself this:
“Do I want to start a new page where all the page settings (margins,
headers, etc.) are the same?â€
As an example: you may need to include a very wide table in your document.
You can see that there’s no way it will fit within the current page width. So
you take these actions:
1. Insert a Section Break (choose Next page)
2. Go into Page Setup and switch to Landscape
3. Check under “Apply to:†to make sure “This section†is indicated
(usually it will be)
4. Create your table
When you have finished your table:
Repeat the above switching back to Portrait at step 2.
Section Break (Continuous) is another good example to describe the
versatility of Section Breaks. Rather than starting a new page with a
different layout (as above), Continuous lets you have several layouts on one
page (hence, “continuousâ€).
Example: Let’s say that you have a “newspaper†type document (perhaps a
flyer) where the page is mainly 2-column format BUT … there is a paragraph of
text at the top that follows the normal page widths. So, you would do this:
1. Type your paragraph text
2. Insert a Section Break (Continuous)
3. Select 2-column format
4. Type your columns
If, for any reason, you needed to switch back to the normal page width
5. Insert another Section Break (Continuous)
6. Switch back to 1-column and continue
Hope that helps. These are only the broad strokes – I’m sure (in fact, I
know!) that when you start working with Section Breaks you’ll have more
questions but it should set you on the right path.
As Doug says, the choice between Page Break and Section Break (mainly)
concerns the settings in Page Setup. I notice that your post is under the New
User category so allow me to give you some detailed pointers.
When you come to the Page Break/Section Break question, ask yourself this:
“Do I want to start a new page where all the page settings (margins,
headers, etc.) are the same?â€
As an example: you may need to include a very wide table in your document.
You can see that there’s no way it will fit within the current page width. So
you take these actions:
1. Insert a Section Break (choose Next page)
2. Go into Page Setup and switch to Landscape
3. Check under “Apply to:†to make sure “This section†is indicated
(usually it will be)
4. Create your table
When you have finished your table:
Repeat the above switching back to Portrait at step 2.
Section Break (Continuous) is another good example to describe the
versatility of Section Breaks. Rather than starting a new page with a
different layout (as above), Continuous lets you have several layouts on one
page (hence, “continuousâ€).
Example: Let’s say that you have a “newspaper†type document (perhaps a
flyer) where the page is mainly 2-column format BUT … there is a paragraph of
text at the top that follows the normal page widths. So, you would do this:
1. Type your paragraph text
2. Insert a Section Break (Continuous)
3. Select 2-column format
4. Type your columns
If, for any reason, you needed to switch back to the normal page width
5. Insert another Section Break (Continuous)
6. Switch back to 1-column and continue
Hope that helps. These are only the broad strokes – I’m sure (in fact, I
know!) that when you start working with Section Breaks you’ll have more
questions but it should set you on the right path.
S
Sue@Prudential
Doug Robbins said: