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Microsoft Word Is there a way to make multiple pages in a single word doc?

Anonymous
2020-04-01T07:43:39+00:00

So like the title says I'm confused as to how to make multiple pages in a word doc if its even possible. If your confused as to what I mean I mean something like how you can have multiple separate sheets in a spreadsheet. I have a large word doc that I would love to split up into easier pieces but i don't want to have to make separate docs for all of them. See the attached image as to what I mean. (This is in google sheets but I know its possible to do it in excel as well)

I think I'm using Office365 home through i only have it because of my school.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-01T17:57:53+00:00

    Word and Excel have fundamentally different designs. They were created by totally separate programming teams.

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    So, Excel has "tabs" (what you are calling "pages"), while Word DOES NOT. Period. They have different design asthetics that you have to adapt to.

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    In the context of how Word is designed you can approximate what you want using Heading Styles and the "Navigation Pane".   You apply the build in Heading Styles. These styles can be displayed in the "Navigation Pane".  You can show all of the heading levels, or select which levels show in the Nav pane, to approximate the "tabs"/"pages" in Excel you could show only Heading 1 styles

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    Here is example of showing all heading styles in Nav pane:

    Here is same document with nav pane set to show only Heading level 1

    There is also an "Outline" view that will show desired heading levels ie

    Both in the Nav Pane and Outline view you can drag headings, and their associated text up and down in the document. Clicking on the heading in the nav pane will jump you to that part of the document.  That is a reasoanble approximation of being able to click on a tab in Excel.

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    If you are interested in learning more about that I can provide links to articles for you to read.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-01T07:55:33+00:00

    Hi Samuel,

    Thank you for participating in the Microsoft Community. My name is Sid, a Microsoft user like you and an Independent Advisor. Thank you for sharing your concern. I'll be glad to help you with your concern.

    Regarding your question if it's possible to have multiple pages for a single Word document, yes, it's possible but it's gonna be different different pages.

    The screenshot you've sent is only possible for Excel Spreadsheets and not for Word. In Excel, you can create another Sheet beside an existing Sheet. But it Word, you'll have it on a different page.

    However, you can share your feedback and idea to the uservoice website through word.uservoice.com.

    Regards,

    Sid

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  3. Charles Kenyon 166.7K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-04-01T13:02:16+00:00

    Consider using the Navigation Pane and the Heading Styles to organize your document.

    Moving/Reorganizing Pages in Microsoft Word

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  4. Charles Kenyon 166.7K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-04-01T23:26:14+00:00

    Yes it makes a new page as more content is added but I just wanted to know if that was possible because i have multiple types on information on this same word doc. As i have a table an introductory bit and a larger story It would be alot easier to have all of those on separate pages in the same word doc like I could do in excel.

    Consider using OneNote.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-04-01T17:33:19+00:00

    Yes it makes a new page as more content is added but I just wanted to know if that was possible because i have multiple types on information on this same word doc. As i have a table an introductory bit and a larger story It would be alot easier to have all of those on separate pages in the same word doc like I could do in excel.

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