As mentioned earlier, when you divide your document into multiple different paragraphs or encounter formatting errors, they may be separated by Section Breaks. These are parts or paragraphs formatted differently within the same page or between multiple pages of the same Word document file. The key is to quickly delete Section Breaks without having to manually search for and delete them.
Deleting Section Break in MS Word
How to Delete Section Break in Word
* Preparation steps:
- Ensure your computer has popular and commonly used Word programs such as Word 2013, Word 2016
- Have a Word file ready with Section Breaks already inserted.
To delete Section Break in Word, follow the instructions below:
Step 2: A Find and Replace dialogue box appears -> press the More button below to display all features in Replace.
Step 3: Click on the Special button -> then select the Section Break feature from the displayed list.
Step 4: Once you have selected the Section Break feature, in the search bar Find what will display the value ^b corresponding to the Section to be deleted. Then press Replace All to delete all Section Breaks in the document.
The Word software will now proceed to replace all Section Breaks found in the Word document and notify you of the total number of Section Breaks replaced.
With the above notification, you just need to select OK to complete the Deletion of Section Breaks in Word successfully. Instead of manually searching for each Section Break in Word and deleting them one by one, we can use the Find and Replace tool to easily and quickly locate all Section Breaks in Word and delete them. If you prefer to delete each Section Break individually, simply choose Replace instead of Replace All.
In addition, if you are using older versions of Word (2010, 2007, 2003), refer to the article on how to delete Comments and Section Breaks in Word 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 shared by Mytour and follow the instructions. Wish you success!