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:
€śDo I want to start a new page where all the page settings (margins,
headers, etc.) are the same?€ť
If you answer €śyes€ť you need a Page Break.
If you answer €śno€ť you need a Section Break.
As an example: you may need to include a very wide table in your document.
You can see that theres 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 €śApply to:€ť to make sure €śThis section€ť 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, €ścontinuous€ť).
Example: Lets say that you have a €śnewspaper€ť 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 €“ Im sure (in fact, I
know!) that when you start working with Section Breaks youll 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?
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AKS
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