Page, Paragraph, Line, And Column Breaks In MS-Word

Page, Paragraph, Line, and Column Breaks in MS-Word: In this article, you will learn a very important topic related to the paragraph formatting, such as Page break, Paragraph Break, Line Break, and Column Break in the word document.

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Page, Paragraph, Line, and Column Breaks in MS-Word

Page Break in MS-Word:

Start a new page from the current position or Move a Paragraph from the current page to the next page.

Steps to follow in Breaking a Page:

Keep some text you want
Position the cursor at the beginning of the line or paragraph that you want to break
Then strike (press) the Ctrl + Enter.

Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + Enter

Paragraph Break in MS-Word:

Split one Paragraph into two paragraphs is called Paragraph Break.

Steps to follow in Breaking a Paragraph:

Keep some text you want
Position the cursor at the beginning of the line in a paragraph that you want to break
Then strike (press) the Enter key.

Keyboard Shortcut: Enter.

Line Break in MS-Word:

Line Break Breaks one line of the paragraph into two lines in the word document.

Steps to follow in Breaking a Line:

Keep some text you want
Position the cursor at the beginning of a line in a paragraph that you want to break
Then strike (press) the Shift + Enter.

Keyboard Shortcut: Shift + Enter.

Column Break in MS-Word:

Column Break in MS-Word: Breaks a column from the current left position to the right. To break a column, you should split the text into two, three, left or right column.

Steps to follow in Breaking a Column:

Keep some text you want
Change the text/paragraph into 2 or more columns.
To change the paragraph into column. Go to the Layout tab, click on the column, then select one of the column option.
Now, position the cursor at the beginning of the line in the left column that you want to break
Then strike (press) the Shift + Ctrl + Enter.

Keyboard Shortcut: Shift Ctrl + Enter.