Word 2016 Intermediate/Advanced

Lesson 3 – Using Section Breaks

Word 2016

R EMOVING A S ECTION B REAK  D ISCUSSION

When you remove a section break, you also remove the formatting associated with that section. The Section Break mark stores the formatting for the section above it, just as the paragraph mark stores the formatting of the paragraph preceding it.

When you remove a section break, the text above the deleted section break assumes the section formatting of the text below the deleted section break.  P ROCEDURES 1. Select the Section Break mark for the section break you want to remove. 2. Press [Delete] .  S TEP - BY -S TEP Remove a section break.

Display the formatting marks and make sure you are in Print Layout view. Move to the top of the document.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the Section Break mark for the section break you want to remove. The Section Break mark is selected.

Click the Section Break (Odd Page) mark below the Equipment Showcase title

2. Press [Delete] .

Press [Delete]

The section break is removed.

Close EQUIP1.DOCX.

I NSERTING A UTOMATIC S ECTION B REAKS  D ISCUSSION

Word can automatically insert section breaks when you format only a portion of existing document text. If you select text and then perform a command that can only be applied to a

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