While Microsoft Word offers many types of Section Break, the application makes assumptions and alters their behaviour on your behalf. It’s often best to use Next Page section breaks, even if you need to use more than one.
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Content Breaks
Breaks create divisions within a manuscript. Two reasons are:
- Formatting reasons. E.g., Keeping paragraphs intact by moving them to the next page; and
- Separating content into distinct sections. E.g., Front matter, back matter, and chapters.
Breaks are preferred over the insertion of empty lines. The latter creates a cascading effect, which is difficult to manage in large manuscripts. I.e., End up with chapters starting at random points on a page.
Both types of breaks can be inserted under the Page Layout ribbon.
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Print Layout Versus Print Preview
Print Layout is ideal for formatting manuscripts for publishing. However, what we see differs from reality. That’s where Print Preview comes into play, because it confirms the layout prior to submitting to the printer/publisher.
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