Advanced Microsoft® Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Are You Sure You Need a Section Break?

One of the quickest and most common ways to overcomplicate your document formatting is to use too many section breaks. Remember, a section break stores the formatting for the section that precedes it. So, every break you insert is another set of formatting you add to the document.

That’s not to say that using section breaks is bad at all. Like many features, section breaks are a useful, simple, and stable solution when used properly. After all, the ability to change page layout formatting for just part of the document is an essential component of most complex documents and even some that aren’t so complex. So, don’t hesitate to use section breaks in any instance where you know they’re the simplest solution ...