Thursday, April 10th, 2014

Make a Style that forces a page break in Word

If you always start a new page for a particular type of heading – include the page break in the style

When you always start a major heading item on a new page in a Word document you can configure your heading style so it has the page break built into it – saving  you having to insert it manually.

To do this, select some text with formatted with the style that is to include the page break and locate the style in the Style gallery. If it does not appear there, display the Styles and Formatting task pane by clicking the dialog launcher in the bottom right of the Styles area in the ribbon.

Right click the Style name, choose Modify and then Format.

Click the Paragraph option and then click the Line and Page Breaks tab.

Enable the Page Break Before checkbox and click Ok twice.

The page break is now part of the style so a new page will be started each time you use that style. The style will also update and effect any text already formatted using that style in the current document.

Helen Bradley

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Word 2010 and 2013 Tip – Creating a New Page… Instantly

How to make a New Page (or Page Break) When and Where you Want

To create a new page in a Word 2010 and 2013 document before you’ve reached the end of your current page, simply press CTRL + ENTER. This places a ‘…Page Break…’ in your document exactly where your insertion point was. It also moves the insertion point onto the top of the next page. You can see the page break marker if you select the ‘¶’ button on the Home tab of the Ribbon.

Lastly, if you need to, you can delete the page break by positioning the insertion point immediately in front of it and pressing Delete.

Helen Bradley