Note: This article has done its job, and will be retiring soon. To prevent "Page not found" woes, we're removing links we know about. If you've created links to this page, please remove them, and together we'll keep the web connected. When you set pagination options, you can control where automatic page break are inserted or override automatic page breaks.
Important: The following procedures assume that you are in print layout view. If you are not in print layout view, on the View menu, click Print Layout. Do any of the following: Keep lines together You can keep all lines of a paragraph together on a page or in a column so that the paragraph is not split between two pages.
Keep paragraphs together You can keep paragraphs together, such as a heading and the next paragraph, on a page or in a column.
Always force a page break before a paragraph If you want a certain paragraph in your document always to appear at the top of a page, set a page break to occur before the paragraph.
Control widow and orphan lines By default, Word prevents the last line of a paragraph from appearing at the top or bottom of a page.
Prevent a table row from breaking across a page
Insert a manual line break A manual line break ends the current line and continues the text on the next line. Some paragraph styles include extra space before each paragraph. To omit this extra space between short lines of text, such as those in an address block or a poem, insert a manual line break after each line instead of pressing RETURN .
Insert a manual page break Word inserts automatic page breaks based on how your document is set up. However, you can manually insert a page break in a specific location.
Delete a manual page break
This step-to-step guide describes how to start numbering your pages on, for instance, page 3. Note that exactly where you begin numbering your pages depends on your specific text and which layout is required. The guide is made for the latest version of MS Word, both for PC and Mac. 1. Start by clicking on ¶ to show the section break. |