Inserting Page Breaks

• When you start typing into a document, the text normally starts at the top-left of the page and as you type more words they are displayed on the line moving towards the right of the page.  When the words you are typing reach the right side of the screen they automatically drop down to the next line.  If you continue typing you eventually fill that page, at which point Microsoft Word automatically moves on to the next page.  These automatic page breaks that are inserted by Microsoft Word are called 'soft' page breaks.  Sometimes you wish to force Microsoft Word to leave a blank area displayed at the bottom of one page and the next text to be displayed on a new page.  To do this you need to insert a manual page break (sometimes called a hard page break).

• Insert a few page breaks into your document.  To do this click at the point you wish to insert the page break and then press Ctrl+Enter.