Can section breaks be printed?

[Bob W]

(I can't seem to find anyplace to specify that I want Word to print the
section breaks in my document...(the backward paragraph symbol, the double
dotted line, and the words "Section Break (Continuous)", "Section Break
(Next Page)", etc.)

 

[Jay Freedman]

(I can't seem to find anyplace to specify that I want Word to print
the section breaks in my document...(the backward paragraph symbol,
the double dotted line, and the words "Section Break (Continuous)",
"Section Break (Next Page)", etc.)

No, Word has no way to print the actual section break. You'd have to fake it
by inserting printable characters just before the section break, like

¶
============Section Break (Next Page)=============

The ¶ character is inserted by holding the Alt key while typing 0182 on the
number pad. The double line would probably look better if you use the line
tool of the Drawing toolbar.

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm and
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm for help.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Bob W]

OK - thanks. Also, I discovered I can add the "Section" field to each
artificially created, printable section break so the actual section number
shows.