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Rebs
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Feb 13, 2026
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Word - Same Line Page Breaks Visibly Change Formatting

Within the last week or so, Word suddenly has started changing the formatting of visible text when a page break is used on the same line. How can this be corrected? (To be clear, yes, a page break co...
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    Lisa_Wilke-Thissen
    Mar 03, 2026

    Hi,

    The issue has been fixed through one of the latest updates.

    Lisa

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gemcocharles
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Feb 20, 2026

Did you find a solution for this? I am having this exact issue since yesterday and it is driving me insane. 

Its as if the document sees the page break as a block of text. It even adds the redline on to mine for spelling errors. The break also stretches to fit across the whole page rather than being about 5cm long. 

All preceeding text is shoved to the left irrespective of any paragraph formatting, and I can't select between the text and the page break; it puts the cursor at the end of the break and only then can i put the break on a new line and it allows the text to properly align. 

Whats especially annoying is that Win10 PCs in our office are not having this issue. Only me on fully up to date Win11. Using Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021 - Word Version 2602 Build 19725.20078