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section break vs. manual page break?
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?” If you answer “yes” you need a Page Break. If you answer “no” you need a Section Break. 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, “continuous”). 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. :-) -- Sharon Roffey "A little knowledge goes a long way ... a lot of knowledge goes even further!" " wrote: Is a section break the same as a manual page break? -- AKS |
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