【 Sections in Microsoft Word 】What are they? + How to Set Up ▷ 2022

Inserting a section in Microsoft Word is a good idea when you need to work with different formats within the same document.

This tool will help you modify margins, fonts and many other elements without the need to change the rest of the text. If you want to learn how to do it, you will need to read this post to the end.

We will also talk about the steps you must take when you want to delete a section or change it to another. Become an expert by reading this article because you will know all the types of sections that you can use.

What is a section and what is it for in Microsoft Word documents?

When you open a new document in Microsoft Office, a section is created. That is, the document is made up of a single unit which will have the same letter format, line spacing, margins and other types of configuration.

In case you need to modify some of the elements that we mentioned before, you don’t need to create another file, just create another section within the same document so you can configure different margins and even the orientation of the sheet.

In this way you can create a significant number of formats in the same text according to the number of sections you decide to open.

Advantages of using sections Why should you take advantage of them?

The advantages that you will have when you use different sections in your text will be the following:

No need to create another document when you need one or more sheets to have a landscape orientation.
You can change the line spacing between paragraphs and lines without the need to alter the rest of the document.
You will have the possibility to insert tables and images and modify the margins according to the graphic needs so that you have a neat file.
If you need to write long texts and start a new chapter on another page, you can use a section break so that it automatically starts in the place you want. This will help you modify the paragraphs previous to that section break without you having to worry about whether the new chapter is located correctly.
Sections renumber automaticallyso if you need to incorporate new texts before or after these, you will not have problems with numerical correlativity.
It is ideal for use in indexes. This is because you can create a section just for this sector and in this way you will be able to modify the rest of the text without the need to change the place for the index or introductory paragraphs.
When you input graphics, you will have the option to transform the font settings so that the drawing is perfect. Then, when you’re done, you can go back to the initial settings if you’ve made a section break.

What are all the types of section breaks in Microsoft Word?

There are different types of section breaks that you can use with this word processor. We will show you all the ones you have to choose from below:

Next page: when you use this type of skip, you will have the option to start writing the next word on the next sheet.
Continuous Section: With this option you can continue writing on the same sheet, just as you would if you didn’t have a new section. The advantage of this is that you will be able to change the format of the margins without problems and your text will be quite neat.
Pair: when you use this function you will be able to create a section on the immediately following page that has an even numbering.
odd page: As with the previous type of section, with this tool you will make the jump to the next odd-numbered sheet.

Steps to configure the sections of your documents in Microsoft Word

To configure the sections in Word documents you will have to follow the different procedures that we will show you below:

Insert

When you need to insert a section you should follow this guide:

Position the cursor where you want a new section to start. It may be at the end of a paragraph or at the beginning of another.
Find the tab “Provision” on the ribbon. You can also find it in the section “Design”according to the version you have of Word.
choose the group “Set up page” and click on “Jump”.
A menu will be displayed in which you can choose whether you want to make a page break or a section break. You will have to choose the second option and then go to the option that you need the most. That is, if you want to make a jump section on a next page, continuous sheet, odd or even page.

Remove

In case you need to remove a section break, you will have to do a previous step. You should go to the function “Start”search group tools “Paragraph” and then click on “Show everything”represented by a “P inverted” (¶).

You will see that in all the text this symbol will appear at the end of each paragraph and in the spaces between them. You will also be able to see the section breaks that you have entered.

When you have done these steps you should continue in this way:

Select the section break you want to remove.
press the key del.

To confirm that you have done the job correctly, deactivate the Show all function and check if the configuration of the section that you had before has changed.

change section break

It may happen that when you chose the type of section break it was not the one you needed. You can change this in a very simple way, which we will explain below.

The steps you will need to do are:

go to “Provision”.
Select the menu “Configure page”.
Click on “Jumps”.
Choose the most adapt to your needs.