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markaaronky1390
Jan 16, 2024Copper Contributor
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 ...
NormMarq
Jun 17, 2024Copper Contributor
Ran into same issue. Tried rebooting, saving copy, I had "Track Changes" turned on. Once I turned that off I was able to delete Section Breaks.
REA
Dec 04, 2024Copper Contributor
On Mac, I had to turn on track changes. Only then did it allow me to do a Shift forward space and highlight the section break and delete it. Nothing else worked for me. I got the idea from NormMarq--but when I checked track changes was off, so I decided to turn it on and see what happened--so for some reason toggling that setting allowed it to be deleted.
- jeanmarieeeeJun 04, 2025Copper Contributor
This worked on Google Docs!! Thanks REA
- Stefan_BlomJun 05, 2025MVP
Of course, Google Docs isn't a Microsoft product. For assistance with editing on that platform, check with Google Help. Maybe there is a forum dedicated to Google products. I don't know.
- Charles_KenyonJan 07, 2025Bronze Contributor
Try in draft view (may be called Normal view) or in Outline view.