#How to move pages in word 2016 manual

If you start using paragraph formatting to keep specific paragraphs together, you can avoid using manual page breaks for pagination. Word should find the first nonbreaking space or nonbreaking hyphen.Īlthough all of these techniques will keep text together, keeping paragraphs together is the most important.

Select nonbreaking space or nonbreaking hyphen.

Click More to expand the dialog box if necessary.

You can also click the Home tab in the Ribbon and click Replace in the Editing group. To find and remove nonreaking spaces or hyphens: You can also quickly find and remove nonbreaking spaces or hyphens using the Replace dialog box. You can turn off the symbols by clicking on the same button.

Click the Show/Hide ¶ in the Paragraph group.

To view nonbreaking spaces, nonbreaking hyphens and paragraph marks:

Select Nonbreaking hyphen and click Insert.

To insert a nonbreaking hyphen between two words or characters using the Ribbon: To insert a nonbreaking hyphen between two words or characters using a keyboard shortcut: You can also use nonbreaking hyphens or dashes to keep words or characters together (such as co-ordinator or 416‑222‑9999). Keeping text together with nonbreaking hyphens or dashes Word inserts a nonbreaking space.īelow is the Insert Symbol dialog box to insert a non-breaking space:

Select Nonbreaking space and click Insert.

Click Insert Symbol and then More Symbols in the drop-down menu.

To insert a nonbreaking space between two words or letters using the Ribbon:

Position the cursor between the two words or characters you want to keep together (there should be no space between these characters).

To insert a nonbreaking space between two words or characters using a keyboard shortcut: If you want specific words or characters to stay together on the same line (such as De Marco), you can use nonbreaking spaces instead of regular spaces. Keeping text together with nonbreaking spaces You can also use a context menu to access the Paragraph dialog box (right-click in a paragraph and choose Paragraph from the drop-down menu).

Click the dialog box launcher on the bottom right of the Paragraph group.

Click in the paragraph you want to keep with the next paragraph (the next paragraph should not be a blank paragraph).

To keep a paragraph on the same page with the next paragraph using the Ribbon: Keeping a paragraph with the next paragraph The paragraph will no longer break across pages.īelow is the Paragraph dialog box in Word with Keep lines together selected: Word displays options to keep the lines of the paragraph together or to keep the paragraph with the next paragraph.

Click the Home tab in the Ribbon and click the dialog box launcher on the bottom right of the Paragraph group.

You can simply click in the paragraph to select it.

Select the paragraph in the Word document with the text you want to keep together.

To keep the lines in a paragraph together on the same page in Word using the Ribbon: Recommended article: 14 Timesaving Microsoft Word Selection Shortcuts to Quickly Select Textĭo you want to learn more about Microsoft Word? Check out our virtual classroom or live classroom Word courses > Keeping lines together in a paragraph

You can view paragraph marks or symbols by clicking Show/Hide ¶ on the Home tab in the Ribbon in the Paragraph group.

It's best to eliminate any blank paragraphs in a long document.

A paragraph in Word is anything with a hard return after it (you have pressed Enter or Return).

It's important to understand some key paragraph concepts: This can be accomplished easily using the Paragraph dialog box (and can be built into styles if you use styles). You may want to keep the lines in a paragraph together so that the paragraph doesn't break across pages or you may want to keep a paragraph with the next paragraph and avoid inserting manual page breaks.

If you want to keep lines or paragraphs together on the same page, you can apply settings in the Paragraph dialog box (which can be built into styles if you use styles). If you want to keep words or characters together, you can use nonbreaking spaces or nonbreaking hyphens or dashes and insert them using a dialog box or a keyboard shortcut. You can keep text together in several ways in Word. 3 Ways to Keep Text Together in Microsoft Word Documentsīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 5, 2021Īpplies to: Microsoft ® Word ® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)