In the Tracking section, check if the Track Changes icon is gray, which means Word is tracking any change you make to the document.Ĭlick on the icon to remove the graying. Step #3: Turn off Track changesĬlick on the Review tab on the menu bar at the top to change the ribbon. Yet another way of selecting the page break would be to place the cursor at the end of the page break and press Shift+Home together on your keyboard. You can also select the page break by placing the cursor at the beginning and pressing Shift+End together on your keyboard. Place the cursor at the beginning of the page break and while holding down the left mouse button, drag the cursor to the end. Use your mouse cursor to select the page break. Word will make all hidden characters visible, including page breaks. In the Paragraph section, click on the Show/Hide button. Page breaks are normally not visible.Ĭlick on the Home tab on the menu bar on top to change the ribbon. Open the Word document from which you want to remove page breaks. Method #1: Remove page breaks individually. Remove page breaks through Find and Replace.Stubborn page breaks are mainly due to enabling of track changes. They may be following the correct sequence for removing the breaks, but somehow, it does not work. Most users face trouble when removing page breaks. Useful as they are, page breaks can mess up a Word document, if their location has changed due to say, multiple edits-necessitating their removal. Printers use page breaks to know when to start with fresh paper. This may be necessary to position a table or an image completely on a page, without partly spilling over to the next page. Word uses page breaks to separate one page from the next.

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