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when you're working on a multi-page
document sometimes you may want to have
more control over exactly how the text
flows and breaks can be very helpful in
those cases this document is a corporate
sales report and toward the end as a
revenue summary right now it's getting
cut off between pages three and four and
I'd really prefer to have it all on the
same page I could just press ENTER until
the summary reaches the top of page four
but if I wanted to add or delete
something in another part of the
document that would cause this part to
shift and I'd have to readjust it and
I'd rather not have to worry about that
instead I'm going to insert a page break
to create a page break place the
insertion point right before the text
that you want to move then go to the
insert tab and click the page break
command the summary has now been bumped
to the next page and it will stay at the
top of the page even if I change
something else in the document
you'll find even more options on the
page layout tab under breaks here you
can insert a page break or another type
of break depending on what you need the
column break controls the flow of text
in a column while the text wrapping
break can help you manage text that's
wrapped around an object then there are
section breaks which can be used to
format different parts of your document
independently section breaks create a
barrier in your document rather than a
page break they let you decide where
certain types of formatting begin and
end including columns page numbering
Styles page orientation and more in this
example I'd like to separate this
paragraph from the two columns you see
here so I'm going to place the insertion
point in front of the paragraph and then
click breaks next page is a type of
section break that will move the section
to a completely different page which
isn't what we want instead we'll choose
continuous so it stays on the same page
as the columns
now the text can be formatted separately
if we select our paragraph then remove
the two column formatting you can see
the change immediately finally I'd like
to show you how to delete breaks from
your document this can be a little bit
tricky because breaks are invisible to
make them easier to find go to the Home
tab and click the show/hide command now
we can see page breaks paragraphs and
other formatting symbols that are
normally hidden to delete a break place
the cursor to the left of the break or
selected then press Delete on your
keyboard and the break will disappear
there are lots of situations in word
where breaks might come in handy now
that you know how to use them you can
set up your document exactly the way
that you want