An easier way to do step 1: In the last section, go to Page Setup, change
nothing, and click OK to accept the settings. Move the insertion point to
the next-to-last section and press F4. This will duplicate the margins,
paper size, etc., for the next-to-last section.

For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...thSections.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SVC" wrote in message
...
There are two things you will need to do before deleting the section
break.

1. Set the page setup in the section to be the same as the first
section--look in the first section under File Page Setup , on the Margin
tab for the margin settings (Top, Bottom, Right, Left, as well as Header
and
Footer) and make them the same in the second section. Also check the
settings on the other tables for any differences and make both sections
the
same.

2. Now, using View Header/Footer, first in the header select Same as
previous in the Header/Footer toolbar--this will bring the contents of the
header into the second section; now switch to the footer and do the same
thing.

Once you have the setup of both sections the same, you can delete the
section break and retain the setup of the first section throughout your
document.

I'd suggest that you work with a copy of your original just in case a
setting does not carry through properly.

"Chris O." wrote:

I have a word document with one section break in it. After the section
break,
the headers/footers/borders/margins are quite different to the front
part of
the document.

I now want to delete the section break and have the whole document
appear
like the first part of the section.

When I now try and delete this section break the whole document reverts
to
the settings of the second half of the document and wipes out the first
half's setting.

Does anyone know how I can delete the section break and not loose the
document settings of the first half of the document?