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Page breaks manage the layout and flow of your document by indicating where one page ends and a new one begins. Page breaks can be either soft or hard. Soft page breaks occur naturally when a page is full, while hard page breaks are created manually. You can use hard page breaks within sections to move content to a new page.

Insert a page break

To create a hard page break:

1

From the Edit toolbar, open the More menu.

2

Select Page Break from the menu. A page break appears below the selected text.

To remove a hard page break, hover over the gray Page Break text in the document and click the .

Create a section break

To offset a section to a new page, you can insert a page break at the beginning of a section. A section break is created like a hard page break, except it appears at the start of a section. 

To create a section break:

1

From the document outline, right-click a section name.

2

Select Properties to open the Section Properties panel.

3

In Section Properties, check Insert page break before section.

Hovering over the dotted Page Break line within the document allows you to remove the section break.

To learn more about Section Properties, see Document and Section Properties.