Adding page breaks messes up cursor?

Question

I use Word for Mac (version 15.40) on a license provided by my university. I added 2 page breaks to my document so that I can orient a single page in landscape mode. Since adding the page breaks, my cursor no longer moves for spaces (example, if I type 'word[space]' the screen appears: 'word|' where | denotes the cursor. When I hit 'return/enter', the cursor moves over as if I hit tab. When I start to type again, the document corrects to match the keys that I entered, but it's making writing extremely difficult since I can't remember if I hit space or enter when I stop writing to look at a reference. 

Is there a fix to correct this? I have already tried closing Word and reopening the document, to no avail. 

Thanks for any help you can give me!

Answer 1

>> I added 2 page breaks to my document so that I can orient a single page in landscape mode.

You probably meant Section Breaks (Next Page), as a page break would only work with a rotated screenshot of the page (you can't change page orientation for separate pages in the same section).

Have you tried changing the font? Corrupt fonts have been know to cause visual anomalies. Select the whole document and test various fonts. Calibri and Cambria are a must, since they are the newest.

Otherwise, it could be a corrupt parameter in Normal or Preferences. In this case: quit Word; hold Shift; open Word; release Shift after Word stops loading; test.