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Unwanted page break of some kind - but it's not showing as a page break.

Anonymous
2024-01-08T19:04:40+00:00

My word document randomly introduced what I would have thought was a page break but when I click the symbol to show formatting, the page break does not show up. Instead there are two parallel lines like a long equals sign at the end of my paragraph. I can't select or delete it.

PLEASE HELP.

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  1. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 434.8K Reputation points
    2024-01-08T20:33:59+00:00

    As Stefan replied these most likely are Section Break (Next Page) which are inserted intentionally for a variety of layout changes as well as other purposes. It is virtually impossible to insert them accidentally.

    They can be removed easily but doing so can have a detrimental effect on the flow & structure of the document because the properties associated with the Section will be removed as well.

    To delete a Section Break place the insertion point at the beginning of the break line then either press Shift+→ , delete or press fn+delete if the kybd has a delete key.

    Alternatively, place the insertion point at the end of the break line then use Command+← , delete.

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  1. Stefan Blom 338.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-01-08T19:18:12+00:00

    You could be seeing a section break. It will become clearer if you switch to Draft view.

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