When you print, page breaks appear automatically where content on a sheet "breaks" or continues to the next page. In normal view, they appear as dashed horizontal and vertical lines; in page layout view, they appear as empty spaces between the pages. You can adjust where automatic page breaks occur and add your own page breaks manually. You can also remove manual page breaks, but you cannot remove automatic page breaks. However, you can adjust column widths or margins, or scale the sheet size to fit the content on fewer pages.
Page breaks are displayed in Page Layout View.
View page breaks
To view page breaks using Page Break Preview:
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On the status bar, click the Page Break Preview button.
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Or, click the View tab, then click the Page Break Preview button.
Insert a horizontal or vertical manual page break
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Do one of the following:
To insert a
Do this
Horizontal page break
Select the row that is underneath the row where you want the page to break.
Vertical page break
Select the column that is to the right of the column where you want the page to break.
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On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Breaks, and then click Insert Page Break.
Move a page break
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On the View menu, click Page Break Preview.
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Rest the pointer on the page break line until the pointer changes to a
Note: When you move an automatic page break, it changes to a manual page break. Manual page breaks are not adjusted automatically.
Remove a manual page break
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Do one of the following:
To remove a
Do this
Horizontal page break
Select the row below the page break.
Vertical page break
Select the column to the right of the page break.
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On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Breaks, and then click Remove Page Break.
Remove all manual page breaks
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On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Breaks, and then click Reset All Page Breaks.
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