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Replace Section Breaks
I need to replace "next page" section breaks with "odd page" section breaks. I can't. When I insert the odd page break and delete the next page break, the odd page break disappears. It's also messing up my headers in a complex document.
CaroleSL With the selection in the Section for which you want to change the Section Start, use the Dialog Launcher at the bottom right of the Page Setup section of the Layout tab of the ribbon to display the Page Setup dialog and then go to the Layout tab of that dialog and you can select the required Section start from the dropdown
CaroleSL Use a macro containing the following code
With ActiveDocument For i = 2 To .Sections.Count If .Sections(i).PageSetup.SectionStart = wdSectionNewPage Then .Sections(i).PageSetup.SectionStart = wdSectionOddPage End If Next i End With- Thank you so much! My complex document that I was disconsolate about last week is configured! How I did it:
1. Set up multilevel styles and associate them with headings.
2. Use Odd Page sections so double-sided printing will work. If you're printing single sided, it won't hurt.
3. Select each chapter's text, insert a bookmark name for it (no spaces), and add the bookmark to the chapter TOC field as \b Chapter1
4. Set up headers and footers, using "link to previous" and "different first page" carefully.
5. Lots of patience and help by experts. Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP , I'm still working on the complex document. I want to change some Odd Page section breaks to Next Page (but not all of them). Do you have any tips? If I try to add "Next Page" then delete "Odd Page," I delete "Next Page." If I delete "Odd Page" first, it breaks 24 following sections breaks, headers and footers. If I insert "Next Page" on the next page, it breaks headers and footers, but I can then delete "Odd Page" and fix them again (with a lot of frustration). Thank you.
CaroleSL With the selection in the Section for which you want to change the Section Start, use the Dialog Launcher at the bottom right of the Page Setup section of the Layout tab of the ribbon to display the Page Setup dialog and then go to the Layout tab of that dialog and you can select the required Section start from the dropdown
