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Simply cannot delete a section break. It is impossible. Cannot be done. Please prove me wrong.
So I was introduced to section breaks as a means of getting page numbering up-to-spec for book I've written (roman. numerals in the front material, arabic numerals in the book itself). I'm using the ...
I figured out how to easily delete sections breaks and I couldn’t be happier.
First I showed paragraph symbols under Home > Show/Hide. Then I clicked right before a section break, hold Shift + right arrow to highlight the section break, then press delete. Voila!
Hope this works for some poor frustrated soul in the future. Cheers
SamHart, you are wizard! I followed your advice and found deleting the pesky section breaks easy. I held down the Shift key and hit the right arrow on my keyboard. This highlighted the section break and then hit delete. Thank you!
- Thank You! This should be the top comment!
I'm having this same issue of not being able to remove a Section Break. I've tried multiple methods. Nothing is working. Shift plus Right Arrow is also not working, unfortunately. SamHart
In Word for Windows, do the following: Switch to Draft view (View tab > Draft) and display nonprinting characters (for example by pressing Ctrl+Shift+8). You should be able to select and Cut or Delete the section break.
P.S. If your document is protected in some way, the steps will be less straightforward. Also notice that limited versions of Word, such as the browser version, have limited support for section breaks and section formatting.
I had the same thing and I was tracking changes....
So turn off track changes!
- Bless you! Thank you so much, I've been tearing my hair out.
