WinWord: Deleting a Section Break and Maintaining Formatting

Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q80834
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

If you delete a section break in Microsoft Word for Windows, the document or page layout settings are also deleted. By using the procedure below, you can work around this situation, and delete a section break while maintaining the document or page layout settings.

Word for Windows version 6.0

  1. From the View menu, choose Normal if it is not already selected.

  2. Position the insertion point in the section that contains the section information to be saved.

  3. From the Tools menu, choose Macro, press the Record button, assign the name "settings" (without the quotation marks) to the macro, and choose the OK Button. It is not necessary to assign the macro to the keyboard, menu or toolbar. The mouse cursor changes to an arrow and cassette tape signifying that the macro recorder is on. The Macro toolbar also displays.

  4. From the File menu, choose Page Setup, and choose the OK button, or click the Stop button on the Macro toolbar.

  5. From the Tools menu, choose Macro and press the Stop Recording button.

  6. Select the section break, and press delete key.

  7. From the Tools menu, choose Macro, select the settings macro, and choose the Run button.

The page layout information is restored.

Word for Windows Version 2.0

  1. Position the insertion point in the section that contains the section information to be saved.

  2. From the Tools menu, choose Record Macro, assign the name "settings" (without the quotation marks) to the macro, and choose the OK button.

  3. From the Format menu, choose Page Setup, and choose the OK button.

  4. From the Tools menu, choose Stop Recorder. The page layout information is now recorded in the settings macro.

  5. Select the section break, and press the DEL key.

  6. From the Tools menu, choose Macro, select the settings macro, and choose the Run button.

The page layout information is restored.

Word for Windows Version 1.x

  1. Position the insertion point in the section that contains the section information to be saved.

  2. From the Macro menu, choose Record, assign the name "settings" (without the quotation marks) to the macro, and choose the OK button.

  3. From the Format menu, choose Document, then choose the OK button.

  4. From the Macro menu, choose Stop Recorder. The page layout information is now recorded in the settings macro.

  5. Select the section break, and press the DEL key.

  6. From the Macro menu, choose Run, select the settings macro, and choose the Run button.

For more information on recording macros, search for "recording a macro" using the Help menu in Word for Windows version 2.0.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 764-765, 766-767

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," version 1.x, pages 186-187, 284-285


KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: kblayout
Additional query words: 1.x 2.0 2.0a word6
winword 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c winword2 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Keywords : kblayout
Version : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform : WINDOWS


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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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