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Show section breaks

When you’ve added section breaks in your document, the easiest way to see where they begin and end is to first display all formatting marks.

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  1. Go to Home > Show/Hide Paragraph Show / Hide button in Word.

  2. The section breaks that you’ve added will start and end with something similar to this:

    What a section break looks like

  1. Go to Home > Show all nonprinting characters.

    On the Home tab, Show Editing Marks is highlighted

  2. You should see section breaks that will look similar to this:

    Image of Section Break

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