Delete a section break

If not showing, select Home > Show/Hide to show section breaks. Section breaks look like this: Note: The type of section break shown above is a Continuous section break; there are other types of section breaks. Place your cursor just before the section break and press Delete.

If you added section breaks to your document, the easiest way to see where they begin and end is to show formatting marks.

Go to Home, and select Show all nonprinting characters, The section breaks look similar to this: Select the section break and then press Delete.

Word for the web does not support section breaks, though it does display them. Use Word desktop to remove unwanted section breaks. : Delete a section break

Why is my section break not deleting?

Ensure Track Changes is off – You can’t delete section breaks when Track Changes is turned on. To turn off Track Changes:

Click the Review tab in the Ribbon. Click Track Changes in the Tracking group. From the drop-down menu, select Track Changes to turn tracking off.

You can also press Ctrl + Shift + E to turn off Track Changes.

How do I remove a section break but keep formatting?

Getting Rid of Section Breaks, but Not Section Formatting Word allows you to format your documents on three general levels: sections, paragraphs, and characters. Of the three, section formatting is often the most confusing formatting for people to understand.

• Other issues of WordTips detail how you can insert section breaks and apply section formatting.
• If you have worked with sections before, you already know that if you delete a section break, the text before the break then adopts the section formatting characteristics of the section after the break.
• This may be what you want, but it can also be a pain if you want to delete the final section break in a document and you don’t want the previous text to lose its section formatting.

Unfortunately, there is no intrinsic way to delete section breaks and maintain the formatting represented by that break. There is a workaround you can use, however:

Place the insertion point at the end of the document, just after the final section break. If the section break just before the insertion point is a Continuous section break, press Ctrl+Enter to insert a page break. Display the Insert tab of the ribbon. Click the Header tool in the Header & Footer group, and then click Edit Header. The header is displayed and the insertion point is within it. Make sure the Link to Previous control is selected for both the header and footer. (You can switch between the header and footer by using the Go To Footer tool and the Go To Header tool.) This ensures that the final section in the document has the same header and footer as the section just before it. Click the Close Header and Footer tool. Place the insertion point just before the final section break. Display the Page Layout tab of the ribbon. Click the small icon at the bottom-right of the Page Setup group. Word displays the Page Setup dialog box.

Figure 1. The Page Setup dialog box.

Immediately press Enter or click on OK. Place the insertion point just after the final section break. Press F4, Word applies to the last section the Page Setup formatting that you accepted in step 10 for the next-to-last last section. If there are no differences in column formatting between the two final sections, you can skip to step 20. Place the insertion point just before the final section break. Display the Page Layout tab of the ribbon. Click the Columns tool in the Page Setup group and then click More Columns. Word displays the Columns dialog box.

Figure 2. The Columns dialog box.

Immediately press Enter or click on OK. Place the insertion point just after the final section break. Press F4, Word applies to the last section the column formatting that you accepted in step 17 for the next-to-last section. Select and delete the final section break. Select and delete the page break you inserted in step 2.

: Getting Rid of Section Breaks, but Not Section Formatting

How do I Delete all section breaks in docs?

Yes, there is a way to remove multiple section breaks at once. To do this, select all the section breaks in your document by pressing ‘Ctrl + A’ on your keyboard. Then press the ‘Backspace’ or ‘Delete’ key to remove all the selected section breaks.

Why can’t I Delete a section break in Word Mac?

I cannot delete “section breaks” in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2. Help! / Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply I cannot delete “section breaks” in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2.

Help! MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2) Posted on Mar 23, 2014 9:14 AM Thanks – I have no ordinary (PC) delete key on my MavBook Air keyboard though. The section break is dividing a table into two tables (I don’t know how it happened) and none of the tricks I have found on the i-net fix it.

You cannot eaven se the break. But now I have solved it by brute force copying the rows from from table 1 into table 2 and then “delete” table 1 from Words table menue. Voila I can see the blue section break on top of the table that is left. Then it can be marked and deleted by the fn key together with the “delete” key that must be combined with the fn key to do its jobb in this context.

• It seems to be a matter of “visibilty”.
• I think there is a simpler way (than yours) to make the break visible.
• Just change view from “Pint” to “Disposition” and then do the fn-delete thing 🙂 Posted on Mar 23, 2014 3:33 PM To delete a section break you have to select it.
• The trick to selecting a section break is 1) make invisibles visible (open Word preferences and select the view tab then look for a checkmark labeled all and click it on) and then 2) command click the visible section break.

Now type the delete key. Page content loaded To delete a section break you have to select it. The trick to selecting a section break is 1) make invisibles visible (open Word preferences and select the view tab then look for a checkmark labeled all and click it on) and then 2) command click the visible section break.

1. Now type the delete key.
2. Thanks – I have no ordinary (PC) delete key on my MavBook Air keyboard though.
3. The section break is dividing a table into two tables (I don’t know how it happened) and none of the tricks I have found on the i-net fix it.
4. You cannot eaven se the break.
5. But now I have solved it by brute force copying the rows from from table 1 into table 2 and then “delete” table 1 from Words table menue.

Voila I can see the blue section break on top of the table that is left. Then it can be marked and deleted by the fn key together with the “delete” key that must be combined with the fn key to do its jobb in this context. It seems to be a matter of “visibilty”.

1. I think there is a simpler way (than yours) to make the break visible.
2. Just change view from “Pint” to “Disposition” and then do the fn-delete thing 🙂 I cannot delete “section breaks” in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2.
3. Help! : I cannot delete “section breaks” in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2.

Help!

How do I clear a page break?

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On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Show/Hide to show all formatting marks including page breaks. Double-click the page break to select it, then press Delete. Click Show/Hide again to hide the remaining formatting marks in the document.

This can also work for a section break.

Why won’t blank page Delete in Word?

Check paragraph marks Sometimes blank pages you can’t remove are due to manual page breaks. You usually can’t see these because Word hides some of its controls.

How do I edit a locked section in Word?

Add protection mark the parts that can be changed –

1. On the Review tab, in the Protect group, click Protect Document, and then click Restrict Formatting and Editing,
2. In the Editing restrictions area, select the Allow only this type of editing in the document check box.
3. In the list of editing restrictions, click No changes (Read only),
4. Select the part of the document that you want to be unrestricted. For example, select a block of paragraphs, a heading, a sentence, or a word. Tip: To select more than one part of the document at the same time, select the part that you want, then press CTRL and select more parts while you hold down the CTRL key.
5. Under Exceptions, do one of the following:
   • To allow anyone who opens the document to edit the part that you selected, select the Everyone check box in the Groups list.
   • To allow only particular individuals to edit the part that you selected, click More users, and then type the user names. Separate each name with a semicolon. Click OK, and then select the check boxes next to the names of the individuals that you are allowing to edit the part that you selected. Important: If you intend to protect the document with user authentication rather than password protection, be sure to type e-mail addresses, not Microsoft Windows or Windows Vista user accounts, for user names. Note: If you select more than one individual, those individuals are added as an item to the Groups box, so that you can quickly select them again.
6. Continue to select parts of the document and assign users permission to edit them.
7. Under Start enforcement, click Yes, Start Enforcing Protection,
8. Do one of the following:
   • To assign a password to the document so that users who know the password can remove the protection, type a password in the Enter new password (optional) box, and then confirm the password. Use strong passwords that combine uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Weak passwords don’t mix these elements. Strong password: Y6dh!et5. Weak password: House27. Passwords should be 8 or more characters in length. A pass phrase that uses 14 or more characters is better. It is critical that you remember your password. If you forget your password, Microsoft cannot retrieve it. Store the passwords that you write down in a secure place away from the information that they help protect.
   • To encrypt the document so that only authenticated owners of the document can remove the protection, click User authentication,

What is the difference between a page break and a section break?

It is important to understand the difference between a page break and a section break. A page break simply pushes any information after that page break onto the next page; a section break essentially splits your document into different parts to allow you to apply complex formatting to your document.

Why can’t I Delete something from a Word document?

Close apps. Often, the problem of a file that can’t be deleted can be caused by an app that is currently using the file. For example, if you have a document open in Microsoft Word, you won’t be able to delete it because the software in question is preventing you for obvious reasons.

Why can’t I Delete a section break in Word Mac?

I cannot delete “section breaks” in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2. Help! / Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply I cannot delete “section breaks” in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2.

Help! MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2) Posted on Mar 23, 2014 9:14 AM Thanks – I have no ordinary (PC) delete key on my MavBook Air keyboard though. The section break is dividing a table into two tables (I don’t know how it happened) and none of the tricks I have found on the i-net fix it.

You cannot eaven se the break. But now I have solved it by brute force copying the rows from from table 1 into table 2 and then “delete” table 1 from Words table menue. Voila I can see the blue section break on top of the table that is left. Then it can be marked and deleted by the fn key together with the “delete” key that must be combined with the fn key to do its jobb in this context.

It seems to be a matter of “visibilty”. I think there is a simpler way (than yours) to make the break visible. Just change view from “Pint” to “Disposition” and then do the fn-delete thing 🙂 Posted on Mar 23, 2014 3:33 PM To delete a section break you have to select it. The trick to selecting a section break is 1) make invisibles visible (open Word preferences and select the view tab then look for a checkmark labeled all and click it on) and then 2) command click the visible section break.

Now type the delete key. Page content loaded To delete a section break you have to select it. The trick to selecting a section break is 1) make invisibles visible (open Word preferences and select the view tab then look for a checkmark labeled all and click it on) and then 2) command click the visible section break.

1. Now type the delete key.
2. Thanks – I have no ordinary (PC) delete key on my MavBook Air keyboard though.
3. The section break is dividing a table into two tables (I don’t know how it happened) and none of the tricks I have found on the i-net fix it.
4. You cannot eaven se the break.
5. But now I have solved it by brute force copying the rows from from table 1 into table 2 and then “delete” table 1 from Words table menue.

Voila I can see the blue section break on top of the table that is left. Then it can be marked and deleted by the fn key together with the “delete” key that must be combined with the fn key to do its jobb in this context. It seems to be a matter of “visibilty”.

• I think there is a simpler way (than yours) to make the break visible.
• Just change view from “Pint” to “Disposition” and then do the fn-delete thing 🙂 I cannot delete “section breaks” in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2.
• Help! : I cannot delete “section breaks” in my Word 11 for Mac (14.3.9) from my MacBook Air I run with Mavericks 10.9.2.

Help!