Applies ToWord for Microsoft 365 Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac Word for the web Word 2024 Word 2024 for Mac Word 2021 Word 2021 for Mac Word 2019 Word 2019 for Mac Word 2016 Word 2013

  • Click or tap in the section break you want to change.

  • Go to Layout and select the Page Setup launcher button Button image.

  • Select the Layout tab.

  • Select a new section type from the Section Start drop down list.

    Page setup dialog Layout tab with Section start dropdown selected

  • Select OK.

Change the kind of section break

  1. Click in the section that you want to change.

  2. On the Format menu, select Document, and then select the Layout tab.

  3. In the Section start list, choose the kind of section break that you want.

You can’t change section breaks in Word for the web.

Open in Word for the desktop and change section breaks there.

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