whats the difference between a section and a page break?

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whats the difference between a section and a page break?

I don't see them doing much other than inserting a blank page. when would one ideally use a section break and a page break? which one is ms word compatible?

Neerav

MacBook 5,1, Mac OS X (10.6.4), iOS 4.1

Posted on Oct 21, 2010 8:00 AM

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Jerrold Green1

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Oct 21, 2010 8:42 AM in response to AceNeerav

Neerav,

Both Pages and Word have both Section and Page break codes. A Page Break simply forces the content to continue at the top of the next page, just as though the current page was full. A Section Break is a more significant event. Headers and Footers can be different in different sections. Section Master Objects prevail only in the section in which they were generated. Page Numbering can restart or jump to a different initial value at a section break.

It would be a good idea to study these characteristics in the Pages User Guide PDF.

Jerry

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Oct 21, 2010 8:59 AM in response to AceNeerav

It is all in the name.

The hierarchy of breaks:

*Word Break* hyphenates word.

*Line Break* Forces text to new line within paragraph, indents, tabs, numbering and line spacing remain the same.

*Paragraph Return* New paragraph.

*Layout Break* Changes indents and column numbers.

*Page Break* Forces text to a new page within section, headers and footers and layout etc stay the same.

*Section Break* Forces new section (Chapter) can have different page numbering, headers, footers, layout and first page.

Peter

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Answer 3

Oct 28, 2010 5:18 AM in response to AceNeerav

AceNeerav wrote:
so basically inside a section there are several pages and thus page breaks.

Ace,

There are not necessarily any Page Breaks in a multi-page Section. When there is too much content for one page in a Word Processing document, a new page will occur with or without a Page Break.

Jerry

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AceNeerav Author

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Oct 28, 2010 3:02 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

so basically inside a section there are several pages and thus page breaks.

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fruhulda

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Oct 28, 2010 3:23 AM in response to AceNeerav

Yes it is most of the times. In thumbnail view if you select a thumbnail you'll get the whole section selected with a yellow border.

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