section breaks

[Parvati Markus]

I'm working on a long document that had a lot of section breaks in it.
I removed them (in Normal mode), but they are still active. I want the
document to be a seamless one section. How do I get rid of the breaks
???

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Parvati -

Before anything else, kindly share what version of Word you're using,
anything else about the origin of the doc & exactly what you mean by "still
active" - just in case the wrong approach may cause more harm than good

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Parvati,

If the section breaks are still there, then you didn't remove them .
It's just that in Normal view, you don't see them the way you do in Page
Layout view.

Here's the easiest way to get rid of them all at once: Go to Edit> Replace.
That will open the Find/Replace dialog box. Click the blue arrow button
(bottom left) to expand the options.

Insert the cursor in the Find What box (if it's not there already). At the
bottom right, click on the Special button and choose Section Break from the
drop-down menu. You'll now see this ­ ^b ­ in the Find What box. Leave the
Replace With box blank. Click on Replace All. That should do it.

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[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

If you left Track Changes turned on, the section breaks will indeed still be
there and still active.

In which case, resolve your changes (Accept or Reject...)

I find it easiest to turn tracked changes OFF, then Find/Replace the section
breaks to a paragraph mark, then turn the Tracked Changes back on if you
need it. That way, you keep your change marking and lose the section
breaks.

Note: It's a bad idea to keep tracked changes in a document for "long".
Basically, you should resolve each set of changes before beginning the next
round of editing. If you don't your document will rapidly become very
unstable.

Cheers

I'm working on a long document that had a lot of section breaks in it.
I removed them (in Normal mode), but they are still active. I want the
document to be a seamless one section. How do I get rid of the breaks
???

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