Insert a Page Break

Insert Page Break

You can insert a page break in your document anywhere you want. To do this, follow the steps below.

1. Point to the position within a document where you want to insert a page break.

2. On the Insert tab, in the Pages group, click the Page break button …

   

   … or on the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click the Breaks button and select Page from the invoked list…

   

   … or press CTRL+ENTER.

To show the page break mark, press CTRL+SHIFT+8 or on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Show/Hide button.

In a document, page breaks are marked as illustrated below.

Keyboard Shortcuts to Insert Breaks

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts to insert breaks of different types:

Shortcut	Description
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER	Inserts a column break in a document.
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE	Inserts a non-breaking space.
CTRL+ENTER	Inserts a page break.
ENTER	Inserts a paragraph break.
SHIFT+ENTER	Inserts a line break.
TAB	Inserts a tab