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Word Help and Learning
Share & coauthor in Word
  • Share a Document
  • Collaborate on Word documents with real-time co-authoring
  • Using Modern Comments
  • Track changes in Word
  • Accept tracked changes
  • Use Word on a mobile device
Format text in Word
  • Add and format text
  • Create a bulleted or numbered list
  • Change the line spacing in Word
  • Apply styles
  • Apply themes
  • Modify or create headings
Pages & layouts
  • Change margins
  • Create newsletter columns
  • Change page orientation to landscape or portrait
  • Add a border to a page
  • Insert a header or footer
  • Insert page numbers
  • Insert a page break
  • Create a table of contents
Insert tables, pictures & watermarks
  • Insert a table
  • Insert pictures
  • Insert icons
  • Insert WordArt
  • Add a watermark
  • Show or hide the ruler
  • Rotate a picture or shape
  • Wrap text around a picture
Save & print
  • Save a document
  • Convert or save to PDF
  • Edit a PDF
  • Print your document
  • Print an envelope
  • Create and print labels
  • Print mailing labels

Insert a page break

Applies To
Word for Microsoft 365 Word for the web Word 2024 Word 2021 Word 2019 Word 2016 Microsoft Office Microsoft365.com
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  1. Put your cursor where you want one page to end and the next to begin.

  2. Go to Insert > Page Break.

    Insert a page break

Tip: If Word puts a new page in your document unexpectedly, it might be because of a page break. To view page breaks so that you can select and delete them, go to Home > Show/Hide Show Hide icon.

Example page break