[2 Ways] Insert Even And Odd Page Section Breaks In Word

Even and odd page section breaks are useful when you want to start a break at the next odd or even page to have something different odd and even pages. The differences can be used for separate printing purposes with or without different page colors, thicknesses, or something else.

How do even and odd page section breaks work?

The even and odd page section breaks take you to insert the odd or even page you need to the next of the active page. For example, if you are currently on the odd page, also want to insert the odd page to the next by skipping the even page, you should select the “Odd Page” section break. These are useful when you want to insert and print 2 or more consecutive add or even pages into a document.

Ways to Insert Even and Odd Section Breaks:

Method-1:

Insert Consecutive Even pages using section breaks:

To insert one or more consecutive even pages next to any desired page, make sure you are currently on that page (or click that page).

On to the Layout tab, click on Breaks to expand Page Breaks and Section Breaks drop-down menu.
Now click “Even Page” under the section breaks to add even page next to the current page. Click more if you want to add more pages.

To confirm whether the even pages are inserted or not, do one of the following:
Press Ctrl+F, or on the Home tab, in the Editing group, click “Find” to launch the Find Navigation task pane on the left side of the document. and select “Pages” under navigation search box.

Even and Odd Page Section Breaks in MS Word

On the “Insert” tab, in the “Header & Footer” group, number the pages by using Page Numbers.

Incase if you check the page count status on the status bar, it counts all page number including odd pages, but if you check in the document, you can see only even pages besides the first page.

Insert Consecutive Odd pages using section breaks:

To insert one or more consecutive odd pages next to any desired page, make sure you are currently on that page (or click that page).
On to the Layout tab, click on Breaks to expand Page Breaks and Section Breaks drop-down menu.
Now click “Even Page” under the section breaks to add odd page next to the current page. Click more if you want to add more pages.
To confirm whether the odd pages are inserted or not, do one of the following:
Press Ctrl+F, click on the page number status bar, or on the Home tab, in the Editing group, click “Find” to launch the Find Navigation task pane on the left side of the document. and select “Pages” under navigation search box.
On the “Insert” tab, in the “Header & Footer” group, number the pages by using Page Numbers.
Incase if you check the page count status on the status bar, it counts all page number including even pages, but if you check in the document, you can see only odd pages besides the first page.

Method-2:

Manually Add Odd and/or Even Pages:

Click at the start point of the page that you want to add even or odd page number
On to the Layout tab, click on Breaks to expand Page Breaks and Section Breaks drop-down menu and click “Next Page” under section breaks.

Manually insert odd or even pages using section breaks

Double click on the top of any page to open header and footer editor
Then click the page and unhighlight the “Link to previous“

Now type the odd or even page number mannually (unlike using even and odd page section breaks) and format it as you like.
In this way do for all the pages you want to add the numbers.

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