Add New Section In Word

When working with a word file you may need to insert a new section to break the contents into parts.
Add new section in word. If you plan on changing page numbers page orientation paper size headers and footers or similar page formats the document needs more sections. In the new section use the page number format dialog box to set the new page numbering style. Double click the header or footer on the first page of the new section.
For more on headers and. If you have the word desktop application use the open in word command to open the document and add section breaks there. Add a section break.
Click the references tab in the ribbon. After adding a section break you need to break the link between the previous section and the newly added section as follows. If you re new to the concept of sections think of a new section as similar to a page break.
Move the cursor to the place and click the layout tab from the ribbon step 2. Click link to previous to turn it off and unlink the header or footer from the previous section. For example to setup one page horizontal orientation but leave other pages in the portrait orientation.
Click breaks and select next page from the drop down list. In fact the code above will add a new section in word document succesfully but the section heading won t be inserted into toc since you don t set the style of the range as heading. You need to make a next page type of section break.
Place the pointer where you want to start a new section. Select the type of section break you want. Select layout breaks.